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realID

I got my Real ID last week in Missouri. Here’s what you can learn from my experience.

January 17, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Missouri region Leave a comment

By October 1, 2020, anyone wanting to fly domestically, or gain legal admittance to a government facility or a nuclear power plant needs to

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Even in Missouri, arranged marriages should be outlawed

January 6, 2019 Arthur Lieber Federalism, Politics, States Leave a comment

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.

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Back-stage tour of election headquarters: numbers tell the story

October 28, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Cities, Good government, Voting/Elections One comment

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

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voter ID

MO voter ID update: No need for affidavits

October 22, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Missouri region, Voting/Elections, Widgets: 2018 Missouri election 2 comments

The continuing, confusing saga of voter ID requirements in Missouri continues. On Friday, October 19, at 5 pm, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that

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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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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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McCaskill

McCaskill Needs to Vote Against Kavanaugh

September 13, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Missouri region, Supreme Court [SCOTUS], Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Missouri Senate race is tied and, in a scene so dramatic that it could be made into a film, we just so happen

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Hazel

Robert Hazel: New Deal Democrat

August 6, 2018 Claire Stolze 2018 Election, Democrats, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

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

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push poll

A very pushy push poll on Right to Work [for less]

May 31, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Missouri region, Public Opinion polling, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

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

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Greitens

MO Governor Greitens’ latest stunt is “Rappellant”

September 12, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Humor, Missouri region 2 comments

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

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