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Early-Voting Debate Takes On Partisan Tone in Missouri
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| Contributor | Tony82 |
| Last Edited | Tony82 Aug 16, 2004 08:23pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Monday, August 16, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ST. LOUIS — The question sounds straightforward: Does state law allow this city to open a polling station two weeks before the Nov. 2 election so voters who might be busy that day can cast their ballots early?
But in the tangled knot of St. Louis election politics, nothing is that simple.
Especially not this year, when the debate over how city residents should vote has exploded into a nasty statewide squabble — with implications for the presidential race in this pivotal swing state.
Last week, local politicians sued Secretary of State Matt Blunt in circuit court for the right to hold early voting in this heavily Democratic city. |
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