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In Missouri, Republicans in the legislature have introduced bills to put photo identification requirements in place and give the secretary of state’s office more oversight over voter rolls and election administration.

Education is likely to be a real battleground at the Missouri state Capitol this year, as evidenced by Tuesday's hearing on bills that dealt with Critical Race Theory and parental rights in schools.

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence for the mayor of Istanbul, seen as a possible challenger to long-time President Tayyip Erdogan, for insulting election authorities, state-owned news agency Anadolu reported on Friday. Ekrem Imamoglu, from the main opposition Republican People's Party, was elected mayor of Turkey's biggest city in June 2019 in a re-run vote after an earlier election was cancelled over allegations by Erdogan's ruling AK Party of fraud. The prosecut...

RACHEL BEHRNDT Missouri News Network The House Committee on Elections and Elected Officials heard bills Wednesday that would both loosen and tighten election laws in Missouri. Two similar bills, HB 842 and HB 738, would require hand-marked paper ballots be used and not just electronic voting machines. According to the sponsor of HB 842, Rep. Justin Hill, R-Lake St. Louis, only a few counties don’t have voting machines that accept hand-marked paper ballots. The lawmakers said this is mostly du...

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