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Tag: St. Louis County

Proposed St. Louis City – County merger: Better together?

January 28, 2019 Steve Sorkin Cities, Ideas, Missouri region, St. Louis Leave a comment

The “Better Together” plan for the re-consolidation of St. Louis City and St. Louis County is being released, and the initiative drive is about

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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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charter amendments

2018 Missouri ballot: What are these St. Louis County charter amendments about, anyway?

October 24, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Missouri region, Voting/Elections, Widgets: 2018 Missouri election 2 comments

On their 2018  ballots, many voters in St. Louis County may be surprised to encounter a quartet of proposed County charter amendments–plus a fifth

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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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absentee

Absentee voting in Missouri: Legit, or “wink-wink, nudge-nudge?”

October 18, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Missouri region, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting Leave a comment

Missouri does not have early voting. You have to vote when everyone else does, between the hours of 6 am and 7 pm CST

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