Missouri Secretary of State
Recent News About Missouri Secretary of State
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Third party candidates officially on Missouri ballot
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Secretary of State announced that the candidates for the Better Party will be placed on the ballot in November after they met the threshold of signatures needed. -
Better Party candidates present 25K signatures to Secretary of State
JEFFERSON CITY — Two candidates who are running in a new independent party presented the Missouri Secretary of State with 25,000 signatures from registered voters across the state last week. -
St. Charles election authority director denies voting machine allegations
Kurt Bahr is the director of the St. Charles County Election Authority -
St. Charles County election officials under fire over voting machine video
Kurt Bahr is the St. Charles County Board of Election Director -
AG Bailey drops emergency rule restricting gender-affirming care for adults, minors
Jay Ashcroft announced the news on the Secretary of State's website -
GOP leader weighs in on Ashcroft's gubernatorial bid
Secretary of State is expected to campaign for governor on school choice policies -
Missouri follows Florida, West Virginia in withdrawing from ERIC
ERIC blames Missouri's withdrawal on misinformation -
Greene County Clerk reacts to critics of his Cast Vote Records lawsuit
Greene County Clerk sued Laurie Huddleston -
Secretary of State candidate sues over voting records to the ire of My Pillow CEO
Greene County Clerk wants a declaratory judgment around Cast Vote Records -
Secretary of State asked to end links to a mysterious voter management system
State Sen. Eigel's SB 98 would terminate state ties to ERIC -
Library leader opposes GOP state rep proposal enforcing administrative anti-porn book rule
Missouri Library Association president opposes Rep. Mazzie Boyd’s proposal -
Federal judge set to rule on GOP state rep candidate's election integrity lawsuit against Secretary of State
Ali Graeff is contesting the Aug. 2, 2022, St. Charles primary election -
Proposed Senate Bill 98 would return elections to paper ballots, counting votes by hand
Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) is sponsoring SB 98 -
St Louis County Public Library opposes rule that would require certification of age-appropriate books
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's proposed administrative rule would prohibit public libraries from sponsoring, promoting, or spending money on drag queen story hours -
Secretary of State plans rule to stop public libraries from hosting drag queen story hour, stocking age-inappropriate books
Now that the Missouri Secretary of State (SOS) is planning to adopt a new rule that will temporarily prohibit state libraries from sponsoring, promoting, or spending money on allegedly age-inappropriate books, parental rights advocates are hoping school libraries will take notice -
Cole County judge set to decide on voter registration, civic engagement election rules
Judge Jon Beetem must decide whether or not to grant the Attorney General’s motion to dismiss two election lawsuits -
Former state rep candidate sues Secretary of State alleging noncompliance with federal voting law
Missouri's election machines were allegedly tested by laboratories that never received accreditation -
Ranked choice voting advocates hope for a future policy
RCV, also known as Final Five Voting, is an election process in which voters choose among all candidates rather than from a partisan ballot. The top five vote getters in a primary election then go on to a general election. The winner must earn 50% plus one, otherwise a runoff election takes place. -
Democrat lawmaker calls on voters to reject ballot initiative that legalizes adult-use marijuana
Ballot initiative advocate, and attorney Dan Viets says Amendment 3 is the state’s only hope to legalize recreational cannabis. -
Voters will choose whether to legalize adult-use cannabis, expunge nonviolent marijuana offenses or not
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) certified Legal Missouri 2022’s ballot initiative 2022-059 that will legalize recreational use of cannabis if approved by voters