Missouri voters are set to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. A measure to end the state’s near-total abortion ban goes before voters Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge on Monday to block the U.S. Justice Department from sending lawyers to St. Louis on Election Day to monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws, even after the city's election board agreed to permit it.

Missouri's Republican attorney general and secretary of state filed a lawsuit in a bid to ban the Department of Justice from interfering with polling places.

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With just a few days to go until Election Day, Missouri voters are facing six questions on the ballot. Tonight, a look at three of those big ticket questions. A court fee is the focus of Missouri Amendment Six.

It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.

Rep. Chris Sander of Lone Jack, Missouri, was one of the only openly gay Republicans in the Missouri legislature. In the statehouse he often felt ostracized from the Republican Party, especially when he voted against high-profile anti-trans bills.

Ashcroft brought a lawsuit Monday against the DOJ, alleging it overstepped its authority by arranging for federal officials to monitor polls in St. Louis on Election Day.

Ten states are set to vote on ballot measures that could restore points of access in the South and elsewhere.

A former Democrat is now running as a Republican in Missouri's 9th State Senate District. He believes the majority Black district, which has long elected Democrats, has been let down by a party it continuously supports.

An estimated 41 million members of Generation Z became eligible to vote in 2024. In Missouri, millennial and Gen Z college students have been working to get these young potential voters registered and prepared to cast a ballot.