Kurt Bahr

Republican Committeeman Travis Heins alleges that Elections Director Kurt Bahr improperly kept him from acting as a poll watcher at in-person early voting locations.

Election officials in St. Charles County are putting more resources toward early voting, as turnout has doubled between two locations since 2020.

In St. Louis and St. Charles and St. Louis counties, voting officials say residents are taking advantage of the opportunity to cast a ballot before Election Day.

The fast-growing county is now one of Missouri’s largest voting jurisdictions.

Officials in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County said Monday that voters have embraced the two-week period in which they can cast a ballot at a designated polling place for any reason.

St. Charles County elections officials are not requiring voters or election workers to wear masks at all times at a polling place in the November elections. But they are asking election workers to put one on if a voter asks.

With all the turmoil going on with the U.S. Postal Service, St. Louis Public Radio is answering key questions about absentee and mail-in voting in Missouri — and why there's a big difference between the two options.

Election officials in the city of St. Louis and St. Charles County saw a rise in voter registration ahead of the March 10 presidential primary.A major…