WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week’s election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gains ground in tight contests in some key battleground states. With his pathway to reelection appearing to shrink, Trump on Thursday advanced…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than 3 million Missourians cast ballots in Tuesday’s presidential election. The turnout exceeded the previous high mark of 2.9 million voters in the 2008 presidential election. But the 70% turnout rate fell a little short of the 75% threshold that had been forecast by local election officials. The state’s…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois officials expect to receive $13 million in federal funds to help update aging voting machines across the state. The money is part of a $380 million congressional influx to prevent a repeat of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Local officials report that machinery bought more than a decade ago…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois State Board of Elections will hold public hearings on the state’s automatic voter registration system before it takes effect this summer. The board says the hearings will explain the system to the public and answer any questions about its implementation. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner approved the automatic voter registration…
CHICAGO (AP) — The number of voters casting early ballots for the Illinois primary has far exceeded the number who voted early four years ago. Information compiled by the Illinois State Board of Elections shows more than 330,000 people had voted as of Sunday, and election officials say thousands more were casting ballots on Monday.…
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Elections says it won’t provide information about registered voters to President Donald Trump’s voting commission. Ken Menzel is general counsel for the state board. In a letter to the commission Friday, Menzel says Illinois law limits the release of voter information to political committees and government entities,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters have flooded Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office with calls expressing concern about his decision to give some voter registration information to a national commission investigating alleged voter fraud. The office received “literally hundreds of calls” this week,” spokeswoman Maura Browning said Thursday. Many callers were concerned that the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several voter rights advocacy groups say the state of Missouri is not following federal requirements on providing voter registrations. The League of Women Voters of Missouri and four other groups sent a letter Thursday to Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and to Joel Waters, director of the state Department…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The polls are closed and voters across the region have had their say. With approximately half of the precincts reporting, voters in St. Louis have given Alderman Lyda Krewson a commanding lead of almost 68%, with her opponent, Republican Andrew Jones, far behind with 17%. Libertarian Robb Cuinningham, Green Party candidate Jonathan McFarland,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A school district that includes students from Ferguson, Missouri, will continue its long-held method of electing board members at large in April, despite a lawsuit claiming the process is racially biased. The lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed in 2014 on behalf of the Missouri NAACP seeks a process…