Jay Ashcroft

A group of senators used a rarely seen parliamentary maneuver to send a 6-2 Republican majority congressional map to the Missouri House.

The secretary of state's comments come as the state Senate continues to struggle to take up a revamped congressional map.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wonders whether state courts have the authority to redraw districts — or whether there’s enough time this year for federal courts to intervene.

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 to partisan could bring more people to the polls.

Moriah Renaud voted in the Rolla's 4th Ward in the November election, less than six months before she was elected in the 1st Ward, a possible violation of city rules.

Ashcroft is in favor of reinstituting Missouri's government-issued photo identification law and letting voters decide whether constitutional amendments should need a two-thirds majority instead of a simple majority.

Missouri lawmakers have made moves to undo voter-approved initiatives — and make it harder for constitutional amendments to be enacted. But efforts to curb the initiative petition process are getting bipartisan pushback.