tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69616799640721335442010-04-20T16:05:26.238-05:00mofairelectionsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961679964072133544.post-53987179328470048082010-04-20T15:44:00.006-05:002010-04-20T16:05:26.251-05:00

For the third consecutive year, government issued photo ID has passed out of the MO House. Even in the midst of the worst budget year the state has seen in decades and hundreds of other more pressing bills waiting to be debated, the state legislature proceeded to attempt to disenfranchise 230,000 voters without Missouri Drivers' licenses.With each subsequent year, the state legislature has

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With elections looming, area conservatives renew focus on fears of vote fraud ~St. Louis Beacon, February 9, 2010Missouri house considering early voting, photo IDs~Associated Press, February 9, 2010Annual Voter ID back as constitutional amendment~St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 9, 2010 Cox so overwhelmed with vote fraud that he can't explain how photo ID would stop it~Fired Up! Missouri,

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In a confusing presentation this morning during the House Elections hearing, Rep. Cox used bait and switch tactics by presenting on an entirely different proposal before even speaking to his original bill, HJR 64. Cox' initial 2010 bill picks up where last session's HJR 9 left off. However, the HCS HJR 64 includes bizarre, unrelated mandates for what an early voting system should be in the

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Rep. Stanley Cox (R-118 - Sedalia) has once again filed a Constitutional Amendment during the 2nd regular session of the 95th General Assembly that would not only make government issued photo ID requirements constitutional but includes specific enabling language. The amendment is HJR 64.It should come as no surprise that Mr. Cox would push this unnecessary and costly reform, but we will have to

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We are pleased to announce that photo ID didn’t budge over the last 6 weeks. HJR 9 was DOA once it hit the House calendar where it sat through the close of the 2009 session. After thousands of calls poured into legislative offices and voters made their voices heard at media events and hearings, the state legislature got the message. Clearly your calls, emails and visits made a difference!

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After arriving at an impasse on education and economic development it would seem that the state legislature has forgotten all about photo ID. Although there have been rumors and threats of bringing HJR 9 to the House floor there hasn’t seemed to be an opportune time to get to it. Could this mean the end of the photo ID fight for 2009? We hope so and we hope it dies to never roam the

mofairelectionsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961679964072133544.post-50484150993118347802009-05-06T15:22:00.001-05:002009-05-06T15:23:22.452-05:00

Denise Lieberman, senior attorney and voter protection advocate for the Advancement Project pointed out all the fallacies and misnomers surrounding HJR 9 in a guest column printed in the Columbia Missourian this morning.   GUEST COLUMN: Requiring voter ID will do more harm than good By Denise Lieberman May 6, 2009 | 9:46 a.m. CDT I was glad to see the Missourian give attention to

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In an op-ed piece in today’s Columbia Missourian, Boone Co. resident J. Karl Miller overlooked several key caveats and problems encountered in HJR 9.  Our response to his statements and misguided logic are as follows:  First, Mr. Miller claims that requiring government issued photo IDs to vote is an inevitable national trend and that Missouri will HAVE to reform its current common sense voter

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Affected voters and Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren held an awareness event with Secretary of State Robin Carnahan this afternoon to discuss an updated list of registered voters who don't have driver's licenses. The event was held as HJR 9 sits on the House Perfection Calendar and legislators have predicted that it will be sent out of the House this week. Overall, there are nearly 230,000

mofairelectionsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961679964072133544.post-41377966261434030022009-04-24T11:09:00.001-05:002009-04-24T11:12:48.036-05:00

With 3 weeks to go, the state legislature adjourned Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. without taking up HJR 9. The House and Senate have yet to reconcile a budget that Governor Jay Nixon could agree to AND they have $2.3 Billion in stimulus funds to place before May 8th. A reasonable person would think that their simply isn’t enough time or political will to hurt 240,000 registered Missouri voters

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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

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Photo finished? Time's running out for House resolution supporting photo voter ID By Jo Mannies and Dale Singer, Beacon staff Posted 11:02 a.m. Tues., April 21 - The state Capitol snapped to attention Monday when Missouri House Majority Leader Steve Tilley sent out a "tweet'' on his Twitter  online account that laid out his predictions about any legislation's chances. Tilley tweeted that a

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The MO House of Representatives engaged in a colorful debate on HB 361 centering around the federal Real ID act which requires each state to move toward federalized driver’s licenses and databases.  The very same legislators who have time and again voted in favor of requiring photo IDs to vote opposed Real ID because of the bureaucratic headache and cost of acquiring it. Following this logic,

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We are very proud of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch enough for taking a stand AGAINST Photo ID and the state legislature’s attempt to tack a feeble early voting reform onto it.  Read our letter to the PD below which we sent in response to their Editorial entitled Partisans who mess with voters’ rights are playing with fire.  Tying voter ID to early voting is an underhanded move to suppress voters

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The Rules Committee met last night to consider several bills including HCS HJR 9, the photo ID law. It comes as no surprise that Photo ID moved so quickly to the top of the Rules’ Committee list as the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Stanley Cox is the Vice-Chairman of the Committee. Despite a motion made by Rep. Stephen Webber to send the photo ID bill back to the Elections Committee for further review

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The Turner Report captured a column written over the weekend by Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-O’Fallon) in response to the many calls she has received in opposition to a photo ID requirement in Missouri. Not only was her column based in rumors, stereotypes and misgivings but it also completely missed the mark. In her assertions, Davis claimed: None of us should want to see our elections subverted

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So here’s a system that worked and could be improved only by allowing Missourians to vote early, as voters in 32 other states can do. Naturally, Republican lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives have decided to mess up a good idea with a bad one. . . That’s not all. To gain even this second-class system, Missouri voters would have to swallow an amendment to HJR 9 requiring

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Partisans who mess with voters’ rights are playing with fire April 9, 2009 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan published a detailed report last week saying that Missouri voters generally fared well at the polls last November. That was no accident. Despite huge turnouts, troubles were few at state polling places, the result of good preparation by

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MO Elections Chief Blasts Proposed Changes - Associated Press Election Group Pans Voter ID Passage out of Committee – KY3 Political Notebook Proposed Change to Constitution Would Create Early Voting Period, Require Photo ID – Springfield News-Leader Election Committee Approves Voter Photo ID - KRCG Channel 13 Photo ID Resolution Passes MO House Committee - KWMU Radio, St. Louis

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Committee Scrambles to Pass Photo ID Legislation to Avoid Public ObjectionFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday April 7, 2009 Contact: Bob Quinn 573-690-2440 or Denise Lieberman 314-780-1833 Jefferson City, MO – Three years after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a government-issued photo ID requirement to vote as unconstitutional, the Missouri House Elections Committee, chaired by Representative

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The House Elections Committee will meet again Tuesday April 7th 2009 at 8AM in Hearing Room 5. It is almost certain that Chairman Deeken will call HJR 9 (Photo ID) up for a vote because there are no other elections bills slated for a hearing. Despite cries from Rep. Frame and other committee members, It is also suspected that Rep. Cox will attempt to sneak the committee substitute version of

mofairelectionsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961679964072133544.post-76347829872892075062009-03-31T17:56:00.001-05:002009-03-31T17:57:59.361-05:00

The House Elections Committee will meet again tomorrow, Wednesday April 1st 2009 at 8AM in Hearing Room 3. It is unclear whether or not Chairman Deeken will call HJR 9 (Photo ID) up for a vote but he has given notice of holding executive session at the hearing. Thank you to the thousands that have called legislators and elections committee members. We know that they are receiving the calls

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After photo ID sponsor Rep. Stanley Cox (R-114) attempted unsuccessfully to pass out a drastically changed version of HJR 9 because of a clerical error, 5 of his colleagues used the time between committee hearings wisely. As you can see from a copy of the letter sent from ranking member Rep. Michael Frame (D-105), 5 of 12 House Elections committee members felt that affected voters and concerned

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A post on Show Me Progress earlier today really sums up the partisan ritual Missouri legislators have taken part in over the past 3 years when it comes to the expensive and unnecessary push for Photo ID. The Post follows: Spring Ritual It's spring! Robins are bursting with song, the Bartlett Pear trees look like huge bouquets, and another voter i.d. bill is sitting in a House committee.

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In an effort to keep HJR 9 from being voted out of the House Elections Committee and from going to the House floor, we encourage you to continue your calls and emails to state legislators AND House Elections Committee leadership. Your hard work and calls have made a difference over the past 4 weeks! Call Representative Deeken and his Vice Chair, Representative John Diehl today! Speak with them

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