Tonight, David Catanese, political reporter for KY3 NBC news in Springfield ran a story entitled “Early Voting, Voter ID Proposal May be Too Big to Pass.” The story featured Southwest Missouri League of Women Voters President Lois Detrick who spoke about the League’s opposition to putting 240,000 registered voters at risk and Webster County Clerk Stanley Whitehurst spoke about the poorly thought out implementation and unintended costs of HJR 9. The story follows:
Early voting, voter ID proposal may be too big to pass
SPRINGFIELD -- If you want to vote early in Missouri, you'd need to bring a photo I.D.
And that's probably why both legislative ideas won't survive the waning days of the 2009 session.
A joint House resolution would allow Missourians to vote a week early in statewide races --- but require a photo I.D. to do so. It's an attempted compromise between Republicans and Democrats. But there's so much in the bill, the odds are it will fail.
Willard Rep. Shane Schoeller said the House will take up House Joint Resolution 9 next week and it will probably pass. The stumbling block will come in the Senate, where a filibuster is threatened.
And even if it does clear both chambers, it would then go to the voters to decide in 2010.
KY3 News, Springfield
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