Author: Jerrick Adams
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Missouri primary mail ballot request deadline is one month away
Missouri’s statewide primary election is scheduled for Aug. 2, 2022. Here is what you need to know about absentee/mail-in voting in the primary: Eligibility: A voter can cast an absentee ballot for the following reasons: Absence on Election Day from the jurisdiction of the election authority in which such voter is registered to vote; Incapacity…
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Learn how to vote in the Missouri primary
Missouri’s statewide primary election is scheduled for Aug. 2, 2022. Here is what you need to know about voting in the primary: Primary participation requirements: In Missouri, primary elections are open, meaning that a voter can participate in the partisan primary of his or her choice. Voter registration: Voters in Missouri can register in person,…
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Missouri General Assembly passes one election-related bill in 2022 session
The 2022 session of the Missouri General Assembly adjourned on May 13. Ballotpedia tracked 21 election-related bills in this year’s session, 20 of which appear to have died (i.e., these bills failed to clear both chambers of the legislature by the time of its adjournment). One bill – House Bill 1878 – did clear both…
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Missouri legislature acts on voter identification bill
The Missouri Senate Committee on Local Government and Elections conducted a public hearing on House Bill 1878 on April 6, 2022. The bill would modify Missouri’s voter identification requirements as follows: Voters casting absentee ballots in person would be required to present photo identification. A voter without the required photo identification would be permitted to…
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Ballot Bulletin: Ranked-choice voting barred from state and local elections in Tennessee
Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue: Tenn. enacts law barring use of ranked-choice voting in state, local elections Wisc. Supreme Court allows circuit court’s ban on ballot drop-boxes to stand for April election Redistricting round-up: Courts in two…
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Texas early voting starts Feb. 14
Early voting in the Texas primary starts Feb. 14, making Texas the first state in the 2022 election cycle to open the polls. This year, 44 states and the District of Columbia offer some form of no-excuse early voting, meaning that any eligible voter can vote early, in person, without being required to cite an…
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North Carolina Supreme Court postpones statewide primary to May 17, 2022
On Dec. 8, the Supreme Court of North Carolina ordered that the state’s primary election be postponed from March 8, 2022, to May 17, 2022. The court issued the order in response to two separate lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s newly enacted congressional and state legislative district plans. The court cited “great public interest in the…