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11/10/08
Food table partly to blame for long lines at Missouri polling place

Many voters waited from 2 to 6 hours because there was not enough space at a St. Louis County polling place. Poll workers had set up a break area with a large table and chairs instead of using the limited space to set up all of the touch screen machines and paper ballot privacy stations that had been allocated to the precinct. Poll workers endure a very long day and surely need a place to have meals and take breaks. However, better management of the situation could have resulted in shorter waits for voters and lower incidence of voters leaving without voting (it is not known if any voters left this particular precinct without voting but that is the expectation when lines are very long). Late in the afternoon, the mayor of Velda City became aware that there were additional machines that could be used and offered other rooms in the building to accommodate them. They were set up at about 5:30 p.m. but waiting times remained long. [Read More]

11/4/08
MO: Potential Disenfranchisement of Voters Who Have Moved

Election Protection is reporting that certain voters who had recently moved were promised, then later denied, a hearing to determine their eligibility to vote.

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7/9/09
New address means re-register to vote

If your address changed since the 2008 election, the Missoula County Elections Office needs an updated voter registration card from you. Otherwise, you won't get your ballot in the mail.

6/26/09
Mo. agency to reform voter registration practices

The Missouri Department of Social Services has agreed to numerous reforms after it was sued for allegedly failing to help its clients register to vote, according to a court settlement filed Thursday.

6/25/09
Missouri agrees to pay $450,000 to ACORN to help settle voter registration suit

The state of Missouri agreed Thursday to pay $450,000 to a community organizing group to help settle a voter registration lawsuit filed last year.

5/21/09
St. Louis voter fraud under investigation

The St. Louis Election Board has asked federal and city authorities to investigate 50 cases of alleged voter fraud from three elections.

4/29/09
Election officials pan voter ID

Supporters of House Joint Resolution 9, the bill that would put the proposed amendment on the ballot, have said the photo ID requirement is needed to address voter fraud.

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