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Under the law, acceptable photo identification includes a non-expired Missouri driver’s license or state ID, non-expired passports and photo military IDs. The voter ID requirements won’t impact the Aug. 2 primary, though.
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Many provisions of the Republican-backed bill were inspired by debunked conspiracies surrounding the 2020 presidential election, such as a ban on touch-screen voting machines.
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Missouri lawmakers also stripped all of the state’s provisions that made it easier for individuals to vote during the early days of the pandemic. “We’re talking about gutting elections," one St. Louis Democrat responded.
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In Missouri, Republicans in the legislature have introduced bills to put photo identification requirements in place and give the secretary of state’s office more oversight over voter rolls and election administration.
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More than 30 election-reform measures have been proposed in the Missouri legislature this year. Most disturbing, Hispanic leaders say, are those that would require voters to have government-issued photo identification to cast a ballot.
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On the last day before the legislature takes a week off, the House also passed legislation creating nurseries in women’s prisons and a measure to prevent local officials from closing churches in a pandemic.
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The move could have implications for the 2022 U.S. Senate race, primarily because it could make it harder for someone like former Gov. Eric Greitens to win.
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In 47 states, the Republican Party has been proposing, and sometimes passing, sweeping new laws to restrict voting access.
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Missouri lawmakers are on spring break, but still have hot button issues to work through when they return.
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The Missouri legislature has been busy as it reaches the halfway-point of the 2021 session and the peregrine falcon population in the Midwest is recovering thanks to conservation efforts.
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Legal contests underway in Kansas and Missouri are likely continue well past Election Day.
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Has record turnout for early balloting affected in-person voting, and Kansas and Missouri are involved in election lawsuits.