Voting

As Missouri lawmakers contemplate laws making it harder to vote without a photo ID, 42 other states are considering more than 250 bills that would raise barriers to voting.

Democratic state lawmakers are pushing to make permanent many of the voting options Illinois piloted for the 2020 General Election last fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Republican lawmakers in Jefferson City are seeking to change some of the state’s photo ID laws as they pertain to elections. Rep. John Simmons, R-Washington, sponsored the bill — which passed the House on Feb. 24 and is on its way to the Senate for consideration.

After the Associated Press determined that former Vice President Joe Biden was certain to claim at least the 270 electoral votes necessary to defeat President Donald Trump, St. Louisans were quick to herald the victory as a signal that a divided nation can begin to heal. But many activists say that as much as they are celebrating Biden's projected victory, there is still plenty of work to do, especially when it comes to ending racism.

Many voters chose to stand in line and vote in person on Election Day, some waiting for more than an hour to cast their ballot.

Elections require an army of paid poll workers to run smoothly. In 2020, hundreds of them will be first-timers.

Voters should prepare for longer lines this election due to the coronavirus pandemic. Elections officials closed some polling sites because they could not accommodate social distancing. They closed other sites because poll workers feared they would contract the virus and did not sign up.

All of Us or None, a civil and human rights group, aims to help people with felony convictions understand the voting process and cast their vote.

With the 2020 presidential election less than a month away, St. Louis Public Radio correspondent Jason Rosenbaum breaks down the differences between absentee and mail-in voting, shares the deadlines to apply for either method and discusses why sending materials ASAP is the best way to make sure that your ballot counts.

While working at polling stations in the St. Louis region for the 2008 presidential election, Gena Gunn McClendon noticed the voting process varied,…