voting rights

The Sentencing Project’s Locked Out 2024 report estimates that 1.7% of Missourians over 18 can’t vote because they have felony convictions. That rate is more than double for Black Missourians. Missouri has the 14th-highest disenfranchisement rate in the country.

No-excuse absentee voting begins today. This is the first presidential election that will include no-excuse absentee voting in Missouri.

Missouri residents could soon find it easier to update their addresses for voter registration under a settlement that voter advocates reached Thursday…

A federal court will hear arguments Monday on whether Kansas and Arizona can require proof of citizenship when people register to vote. It's the first of a wave of voting law cases this fall.

Advocates for felons’ rights recently gained significant support from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder asked states to repeal laws prohibiting…

Legislation requiring voters to show photo ID at polling places is scheduled for debate in the Missouri House.House Majority Leader John Diehl said he…

The University of Missouri Faculty Council addressed a voting rights proposal to non-tenure track, or NTT faculty at its most recent meeting in Memorial…