Voting
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Politics
Missouri enacts photo voter ID law before November elections
Missouri voters will have to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot in the November election as a result…
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News
Misinformation, violence and a paper shortage threaten midterm elections, officials say
Members of a U.S. Senate panel and election administrators raised a bevy of concerns Thursday about the challenges elections officials…
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Politics
Voter ID bill clears Missouri legislature despite fierce criticism
Missouri voters will be required to present a government-issued photo ID to cast a ballot under a wide-ranging elections bill headed to…
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Opinion
Opinion: 2022 midterms give voters power to change state legislatures, Congress
How long are we willing to tolerate the obstructionism, stonewalling, half-truths and downright lies that are being used to pass…
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Politics
Hispanic leaders ask for Parson’s support in fighting voter ID laws
Six years ago, Sal Valadez’s mother decided she wanted to take a U.S. citizenship test after living in the country…
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Politics
Ballot drop boxes are target in fight over voting rights
Ballot drop boxes are so secure they’ve survived getting hit by an SUV and rolled by a school bus — yet much…
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Opinion
Opinion: Next year will not be better unless we get involved
As a new year dawns, many of us may find it difficult to be very hopeful about anything as we…
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News
Voting rally to feature dancing feet
DOWNTOWN – At most rallies for a cause, rousing speeches and maybe one or two songs are enough to stir…
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Politics
Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the U.S. Senate mounted an aggressive case Tuesday against Democrats’ sweeping election and voter-access legislation,…
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News
Missouri Republicans look to reinstate voter ID requirement
About 137,700 registered voters in Missouri had no state-issued identification in 2017, according to an analysis from the Secretary of State’s…
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Coronavirus
Why not wear a mask, save a life?
I volunteered to work on Election Day in Cole County, and took training as an election judge. At 54, I’m…
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News
Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, an extraordinary victory for Democrats who pushed…
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Featured
Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots rankle some military vets
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has held himself up as a champion of U.S. troops without rival. Now, with…
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Coronavirus
City voters should expect lines; big Missouri turnout forecast
CITY HALL – Tomorrow is the day, finally: Election Day. “I think you all know that,” Mayor Lyda Krewson said…
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Featured
Black Lives Matter faces test of its influence in election
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Lives Matter has been many things in its brief, fiery life. It has been a…
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Featured
As Trump casts doubt on election, new agency contradicts him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earlier this month, President Donald Trump was predicting on Twitter that this election would be “the most…
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Featured
Rallies exhort women to vote for change
ST. LOUIS – Women gathered Saturday morning in front of City Hall to encourage fellow voters to exercise their rights…
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Coronavirus
Voting lawsuits pile up as election approaches
WASHINGTON (AP) — They’ve been fighting in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over the cutoff date for counting mailed ballots, and in…
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Coronavirus
Voting groups scramble to reach college students in pandemic
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chase Gaines wishes he could get more young people in North Carolina to answer their front…
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Featured
Michelle Obama: Vote like your lives depend on it
Michelle Obama warned Americans to “vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it” in her speech at the…
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Coronavirus
Postal Service is flash point as election nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mail piling up. Constant attacks from the president. Cuts to overtime as record numbers of ballots are expected to pass through post offices this…
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Coronavirus
Despite virus threat, Black voters wary of voting by mail
DETROIT (AP) — Despite fear that the coronavirus pandemic will worsen, Victor Gibson says he’s not planning to take advantage…
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Coronavirus
Michelle Obama group backs expanding voting options for 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama announced support Monday for making it easier for people to…
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News
Group pushes for change for new voting system
In 2017, Lyda Krewson won the Democratic nomination for mayor — and with it, the office of mayor — with…
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