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As election officials across the country steel themselves for the midterm elections in less than five months, President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail threatens to upend their preparations.

Opponents contend the measure would violate a ban on constitutional amendments including more than one subject. They also argue the ballot summary is misleading and should be changed.

Missouri Republican lawmakers pushed through the bill last year in response to the campaign for an abortion rights initiative and lawsuits that struck down restrictions on abortion

Apart from a drafting error, the summary written by Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was deemed ‘sufficient’ by a Cole County judge.

Fans in Missouri will be able to bet on sports next year under a ballot measure that narrowly won approval.

The party’s candidate for lieutenant governor fell just shy of 2%, meaning the party will have to repeat the arduous process of signature-gathering next election.

As issue campaigns fill airwaves with ads, statewide candidates are running on the smallest campaign budgets in years

Republican Denny Hoskins sees hand counting as a tool to prevent digital interference and cut costs, while local election officials and Democrat Barbara Phifer predict delayed and error-prone results.

A judge says an anti-abortion GOP official used misleading language to summarize a ballot question designed to restore abortion rights in the state.

A Missouri judge will rule Thursday on whether the Republican secretary of state's official description of an abortion-rights amendment on November's ballot is misleading.