Missouri Secretary of State

Filed by attorney Chuck Hatfield on behalf of three plaintiffs, the lawsuit names the Judicial Redistricting Commission and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft as defendants. The commission created the map and Ashcroft implemented it for this year’s elections.

The organization working to implement ranked-choice voting for statewide and congressional elections in Missouri says it doesn't have enough signatures to put its proposal on the 2022 ballot — but isn’t giving up.

As the Missouri Senate struggles to take up a revamped congressional map, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft claims there’s legal precedent for using the existing map — but experts disagree.

Members of the Senate conservative caucus, and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, hope GOP leaders will agree to target a safe Democratic congressional seat in Kansas City and create a 7-1 map in favor of Republicans.

Douglas Frank claims he "negotiated a deal" with Jay Aschroft regarding allegations of voter fraud. The secretary of state’s office says that’s not true.

Candidates have from Dec. 7 through Dec. 28 to file for offices like city council and school board in Missouri.

Ashcroft said voter turnout is much higher in partisan elections for state and federal offices, and changing local and municipal elections could bring more people to the polls. But the idea is already drawing criticism.

But some election officials say the three weeks of in-person, no-excuse absentee voting is still too restrictive — and others don't like the legislation restarting Missouri's photo identification requirement.

The former Army captain and Missouri secretary of state shares updates about his mental health, political career and more.

Republican incumbents had a good night, keeping statewide offices. But in a surprise, Amendment 3, which would change the Clean Missouri redistricting plan, was winning.

A record-breaking 628,000 Missourians have already voted either by absentee or mail-in ballots. But casting the ballot is only the first part. Election authorities still need to process the vote for it to count.

It’s a small slice of the almost 5,000 absentee ballots rejected, but advocates say even one uncounted vote is too many. Under this year's new mail-in voting option, voters have to have their ballot envelope notarized.