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The Republican resolution would ask voters whether it should be harder to amend Missouri’s constitution through the initiative petition process. It comes as Missouri groups collect signatures for a ballot initiative protecting abortion rights.
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Officials in Missouri voting offices worry about Election Day problems, especially for voters who have recently moved, since the state pulled out of a collaboration that helps check voter rolls for accuracy.
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Under the Republican plan, proposed constitutional amendments through the initiative petition process would have to win both a simple majority of statewide votes and a majority of Missouri’s eight congressional districts in order to pass. This would give more power to voters in less populated districts.
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Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft threatened to unilaterally kick President Joe Biden off of the Missouri ballot if Donald Trump is disqualified in other states for violating the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause. But an appeals court ruling found Missouri law did not give the secretary of state that power.
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The Kansas Supreme Court has revived a challenge to a law that caused voter advocacy groups to cancel registration drives.
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The NAACP and the League of Women Voters are challenging Missouri's 2022 voter ID law, arguing it imposes unconstitutional burdens on the right to vote without actually achieving the stated goal of reducing fraud. Two previous attempts by Missouri Republicans to require voter IDs have been struck down by the courts.
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Missouri heads to trial over voter ID law accused of disenfranchising elderly and disabled residentsA trial starting Friday will be the third time Missouri courts have weighed the merits of a law intended to combat fraud against right to vote without interference. Twice before, Missouri's photo ID requirements have been struck down as violations of the state’s constitution.
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Kansas was years ahead of most of the country in granting women full suffrage. A prank by a few men backfired when Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887.
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Women gained the right to vote in 1920. But Black women didn't get the full right until 1965, even though they'd been involved in the fight since the 1800s. That's the topic of an event in Kansas City this Sunday honoring local Black suffragists.
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Johnson Countians who want to cast ballots early have a number of options, including in-person advanced voting, drop boxes and by mail.
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A Kansas City teenager is leading a push to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in city council and school board elections. DJ Yearwood says it would make voting a habit from an earlier age and create a "civic transition into adulthood."
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Kansas City teen DJ Yearwood is the campaign director of Vote16MO, an initiative to lower the voting age in municipal and school board elections in Missouri. The group wants to get a measure on the ballot by November 2024.