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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Almost one out of every 10 voters who cast ballots in Missouri’s two largest jurisdictions during recent elections lacked the identification now required at polls in

“The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld, once and for all, the people’s democratic right to a fair initiative petition process and to make their voices heard on their right and access to abortions,” said Mallory Schwarz, the executive director of Abortion Action Missouri.

A Missouri judge is expected to determine this week whether the state law requiring voters to present photo ID to cast their ballots is constitutional and can continue.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pair of rulings this week from the Missouri Supreme Court laid to rest the months-long legal battles that have kept a series of ballot measures

The Oct. 31 appellate ruling upheld, with only minor revisions, the revised ballot titles written by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem.

The MO Legislature passed a law last year that requires voters to show photo identification before voting, but it has been challenged in the courts by the LWV and the NAACP.

A trial for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Missouri’s new photo identification requirement for voters is scheduled to begin Friday. Here is a lo

A trial for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Missouri's new photo identification requirement for voters is scheduled to begin Friday. Missouri's GOP-led Legislature last year capped off a nearly two-decade-long push by Republicans and passed a law requiring voters to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot. People without a government-issued photo ID can cast provisional ballots to be counted if they return later that day with a photo ID or if election offici...

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A lawsuit in Missouri is underway that challenges the constitutionality of the state’s new law requiring voters to show photo identification. Advocates say this law makes it difficult for elderly voters and people with disabilities to cast their ballots.