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Category: Voting/Elections

How do I get a sample ballot in Missouri?

October 21, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Voting/Elections, Widgets: 2018 Missouri election 2 comments

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

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videos

Two get-out-the-vote videos, one for a chuckle, one for a tear

October 18, 2018 Renee Shur 2018 Election, Activism, Crime/Violence, Guns, Voting/Elections, Youth issues Leave a comment

“I don’t wanna be brave. I just wanna be safe.” – Lyrics from “The Most Vicious Cycle,” by Kesha. Two must-watch videos. Two approaches

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voter ID

Confuse the Vote: Missouri’s cockamamie Voter ID Mess

October 17, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Democracy, Missouri region, Voting/Elections, Widget: Missouri 2018 midterm, Widgets: 2018 Missouri election One comment

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

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midterm

The [Nate] Silver lining playbook for 2018 midterms

October 16, 2018 Renee Shur 2018 Election, Congress, Survey, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Do you wake multiple times during the night obsessing about the upcoming midterm elections and the Democrats’ chances of taking back the House or

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cofused

Confusing the vote: 2018 midterms edition

September 4, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting One comment

With a few heartening exceptions, the trend in voting rights in America is toward suppression and trickery—with just 9 weeks to go before the

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Ann-Cort

It’s difficult to handicap Missouri’s Second Congressional District

September 4, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Campaigns, St. Louis, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Nate Silver’s 538 website is considered by many to be the gold standard in political handicapping. It gets a lot right, although like most

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voting rights

Voting rights 2018: One step forward, two steps back

August 20, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting One comment

Depending on what state you live in and who you are, your voting rights may be either expanding or contracting this year. At the

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High school

St. Louis High School Democrats endorse candidates in area primaries

August 6, 2018 Maggie Hannick 2018 Election, Activism, Candidates, Missouri region, Voting/Elections, Youth issues Leave a comment

As a lifelong Democrat and now a high schooler, I have realized just how many of us there are in St. Louis, especially in

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August 7 ballot

Two what-the-hell propositions on August 7 ballot—and a third that doesn’t count

July 30, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Cities, St. Louis, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

If you live in St. Louis County, Missouri, and you’re planning to vote in next week’s primary election, your August 7 ballot will include

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Money-Politics

Post-Dispatch story on STL congressional races leaves unanswered questions

July 17, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Candidates, Democracy, Money & Politics, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Is there a course in Journalism School that teaches that the best way to cover a political campaign is to use the following metrics:

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