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Tag: Missouri
Even in Missouri, arranged marriages should be outlawed
If you were divorced in 1876 and were considering re-marriage next year, do you really think that voters in the state in which you live would be the proper authority to determine whether or not it is a good idea? Well, if you add the interests of a billionaire to the equation, this is precisely what you get, at least in Missouri.
Back-stage tour of election headquarters: numbers tell the story
Ten days before the high-stakes 2018 midterm election in Missouri, Eric Fey, St Louis County’s director of elections, led a group of high-schoolers on
MO voter ID update: No need for affidavits
The continuing, confusing saga of voter ID requirements in Missouri continues. On Friday, October 19, at 5 pm, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that
How do I get a sample ballot in Missouri?
Need a sample ballot? Many Missouri voters are worrying about the 2018 midterm ballot. We’ve been warned: It’s unusually long. It includes a slew
Confuse the Vote: Missouri’s cockamamie Voter ID Mess
Rock the Vote? Dance the Vote? How about Confuse the Vote? That’s the situation surrounding Voter ID in Missouri just three weeks before the
McCaskill Needs to Vote Against Kavanaugh
The Missouri Senate race is tied and, in a scene so dramatic that it could be made into a film, we just so happen
Robert Hazel: New Deal Democrat
On a noisy Thursday morning, members of the Occasional Planet team met with Robert Hazel. Hazel is running for Representative in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional
A very pushy push poll on Right to Work [for less]
Once again, I have allowed myself to be interviewed for a political poll—on Right to Work: a very pushy push poll, to say the
MO Governor Greitens’ latest stunt is “Rappellant”
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens loves to show off his Navy-Seal skills for maximum political effect. You may recall that he blasted off his campaign