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A Missouri judge today permanently struck down four provisions of the state’s sweeping voter suppression law, House Bill 1878, that criminalized civic engagement activities like voter registration and the distribution of absentee ballot applications.
Missouri Judge Jon E. Beetem yesterday upheld the state’s strict photo ID requirements for in-person voting after finding the new rules do not violate the Missouri Constitution’s guarantee of the fundamental right to vote.
A federal judge denied an attempt from Republican Missouri state officials to block the DOJ from monitoring polling places in St. Louis on Election Day.
A federal judge rejected Republican state officials’ request to block President Joe Biden’s executive order that expanded voting access.
On Monday, a bench trial begins to determine if the provisions of Missouri’s voter suppression law violate parts of the state’s Constitution.
A Missouri judge ruled on Monday that the ballot summary language for a proposed constitutional amendment to ban noncitizens from voting is fair and accurate.
Missouri Senate Republicans have jammed through a bill that would significantly raise the threshold for constitutional amendments to pass, a move that would overturn nearly 200 years of precedent in a brazen attempt to stymie a potential November abortion rights amendment.
The entire 8th Circuit today denied a request from civil rights groups seeking reconsideration of decision that drastically weakened the Voting Rights Act across seven states.
Trial begins today in a state-level lawsuit out of Missouri that challenges the state’s recently enacted strict photo ID voting requirement.
Yesterday, a state appeals court in Missouri unanimously ruled against titles for six reproductive rights ballot proposals written by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R), determining they were “replete with politically partisan language.”
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