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State Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, feels that the state’s initiative petition process undermines the republican form of government laid out in the U.S. Constitution by enabling direct ...
“What this will do is further marginalize citizens who are already marginalized from the voting process,” said Denise Lieberman, director and general counsel for the Missouri Voter Protection ...
Missouri Senate Democrats filibustered legislation making it harder to pass initiative petitions, resulting in the removal of "ballot candy."
Where removal jurisdiction exists, the defendant may remove the action to federal court by filing a notice of removal in the federal district court within 30 days after receiving the complaint. The defendant must file a copy of the notice of removal in the state court and must notify all other parties of the removal.
Persons in removal proceedings are called "respondents." Cases are decided by immigration judges, who are appointed by the Attorney General and are part of the Department of Justice. Removal proceedings are prosecuted by attorneys from the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), or more specifically, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [1]
In 2013, the state House passed a bill that requires voters to show a photo ID issued by North Carolina, a passport, or a military identification card to begin in 2016. Out-of-state drivers licenses were to be accepted only if the voter registered within 90 days of the election, and university photo identification was not acceptable. [121]
Missouri Republicans have for years attacked the state’s initiative petition process, a more-than-100-year-old mechanism that requires an expensive and time-consuming signature-gathering ...
Repeatedly, the initiative petition process has given the citizens of this state the power to reform government, limit political overreach and protect Missouri through bipartisan issues ...