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With Missouri's primary coming up in August, election officials are growing increasingly concerned that the legislature’s failure to adopt a congressional map could lead to major deadlines being missed.

Failure to pass a map before May 13 will likely lead to federal courts redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts.

Failure to pass a map before May 13 will likely lead to federal courts redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts.

Election officials are growing increasingly concerned that the legislature’s failure to adopt a congressional map could lead to major deadlines being missed.

Election officials are growing increasingly concerned that the legislature’s failure to adopt a congressional map could lead to major deadlines being missed.

State Reps. Jim Murphy and Michael O’Donnell, both R-Oakville, hosted a town hall Feb. 19 to allow citizens to ask questions about the election process and the state’s efforts to keep elections fair. The event was held at Mehlville High School’s Nottlemann Auditorium with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, St. Louis County Directors of Elections...

For as long as Missouri has had voter registration, there has been no requirement that people choose a political party as part of the process. That means every primary is open to every voter. Every four years, it is possible to cast a ballot in one party’s presidential primary in the spring and another party’s primary for governor in August. And it also means that anyone who wants to be a candidate for a partisan public office doesn’t have to do anything more than pay a fee to ...