Metro League members joined more than 100 voting rights advocates in Jefferson City on May 3. LWVMO President Marilyn McLeod credited a strong grassroots effort for the legislature’s failure to pass HJR79 to limit citizen initiative petitions.

The General Assembly did give final approval to HB1878, a strict photo ID bill with other anti-voter provisions to allow unnecessary voter purges, make it more difficult for people with disabilities to vote independently, ban mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines, and prevent local election authorities from receiving grant funds to improve their outreach to the citizenry. That bill now goes to the governor.