The mayor of Kansas City struggled to vote in the Missouri presidential primary after a poll worker mistakenly transposed his first and last names while searching for him in the voter rolls. Mayor Quinton Lucas, a Democrat, made a video ...

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An attorney for a Missouri group pushing to expand access to voting argued in court the state’s top election official was inaccurate and left out important details in his summary of the proposals. At issue are ballot summaries meant to ...

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Abortion-rights advocates on Wednesday started collecting signatures to get a public vote on a new law restricting abortions, but they say a short deadline leaves them with an “impossible task.” Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Wednesday certified a ...

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