2020 Elections

In the past, residents needed to submit an application for a mail-in ballot for each individual election, but now they avoid that by filing an application for permanent vote-by-mail status with their local election authority.

Attorneys for three women trying to sign up for the health care program say they will appeal Cole County Judge Jon Beetem's ruling.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is facing mounting scrutiny after challenging the election results, but the Missouri Republican created his political brand around defiance to the mainstream.

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis County, said she hopes to harness her experience as an activist in Ferguson to spur legislative action around policing policy.

The past year's events redefined Missouri and St. Louis politics. And the COVID-19 pandemic and protests decrying police killing Black people played a huge role in shaping the biggest stories in the region and state.

Michael Butler and Genevieve Williams talk about why they feel the future of the Missouri Democratic Party starts with building up infrastructure on a county level.

House Speaker Elijah Haahr discusses the challenges of being speaker, the perils of term limits and his political future.

Missouri isn't Pennsylvania when it comes to processing absentee ballots. But that doesn't mean elections officials here are against the idea of extending the five-day window for preparing absentee ballots to be counted.

As legal challenges by the Trump campaign mount in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is deploying his office in an attempt to stop some votes from counting in Pennsylvania. "St. Louis on the Air" talks with Washington University's Ronald Levin about whether precedent is on Schmitt's side, and what might happen next.

A St. Charles County election supervisor had tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday but ignored medical advice to stay home for two weeks and worked at a polling site on Tuesday. The worker has since died, but officials haven't disclosed the cause of death.