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The deadline to register to vote in the general election in Missouri is on Wednesday.

The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals is deciding whether to order the November election to be held in the same district lines used for the primary. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled a referendum made that map, drawn in 2025 to benefit Republicans, has no legal effect.

The state Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri voters will decide the fate of a plan aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

Boone County has logged 3,526 early votes, putting turnout on pace to surpass early voting totals in the August 2024 primary.

Without a contested statewide candidate primary, Amendments 4 and 5, along with congressional primaries, are the main attractions for voters. If past trends hold up, the controversial ballot measures will add hundreds of thousands of votes to primary totals.

Columbia residents can register with the Boone County Clerk's Office online, in person or through the mail.

In an election cycle dominated by taxes, voters will decide this August whether to renew a levy that funds Missouri’s parks system.

The president canceled his signing of a bipartisan housing bill to push his strict and unpopular voter ID act.

The November measure would repeal the reproductive rights amendment voters approved in 2024 and add a constitutional ban on gender-affirming care for minors

A guide to the statewide questions that could appear on the August and November ballots