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A group of senators used a rarely seen parliamentary maneuver to send a 6-2 Republican majority congressional map to the Missouri House.
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The secretary of state's comments come as the state Senate continues to struggle to take up a revamped congressional map.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Candidates have from Dec. 7 through Dec. 28 to file for offices like city council and school board in Missouri.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.