Missouri progressives to make case for voting reform at demonstrations
View Comments A coalition of Missouri nonpartisan voter-issues groups and progressives plans to make their case for voting reform this weekend. On Saturday, they plan coordinated public demonstrations in five Missouri cities: Springfield, St. Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City and Cape Girardeau. Denise Lieberman, a civil-rights attorney with Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, said in a call from St. Louis on Friday morning that MVPC and roughly 10 Springfield-area partners are working in concert with similar groups in more than 150 U.S. cities, invoking the memory of civil rights hero ...