St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis County chapter of the NAACP is calling for an independent investigation into the ballot problems in the county. Ballot problems impacted dozens of precincts during the April 5 election. The county is already conducting its own investigation, as is the Missouri Secretary of State’s office and a Missouri House…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) – Texas Senator Ted Cruz won’t ask for a recount of his narrow loss to businessman Donald Trump in Missouri’s presidential primary. Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the campaign won’t request the recount. Cruz had faced an end-of-Tuesday deadline to contest the results of…
(KTRS) – Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson says a committee will investigate ballot issues in Tuesday’s election that may have led to voters not being able to vote. In a release, Richardson said that ballot shortages at dozens of polling places forced officials to turn away potential voters. He also said that a court order…
(KTRS) – Voters in St. Louis County may get more time to cast a vote in Tuesday’s elections. The problems started earlier today when a few polling places reported shortages. The shortages expanded to include dozens of locations throughout the county. By Tuesday afternoon, election officials said that they are formally asking to extend voting hours…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A ballot shortage is causing delays at two dozen St. Louis County polling sites. Election officials say the problem will be corrected later this morning. Until then, voters can either return to their polling site later or cast their vote at the St. Louis County Board of Elections in Maplewood.…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri’s presidential primaries appear to have set a new record for voter turnout. Nearly 1.6 million of Missouri’s 4 million registered voters cast ballots in the Presidential Primary on Tuesday. That equates to a statewide voter turnout of about 39 percent. This is higher that what was projected by the…
(KTRS) – Voters take to the polls in five states tomorrow, including Illinois and Missouri for presidential primaries. On the Republican side of things, there are more than 350 delegates up for grabs–or more than a quarter of delegates needed to secure the party nomination. Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will split up nearly…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Florida Rep. David Jolly promises not to ask for money. The Republican, who is running in one of the year’s most competitive – and expensive – Senate races, says that as of this month he personally has sworn off fundraising. He’s leaving that duty to his professional campaign fundraisers, vowing not to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster maintains a fundraising lead for Missouri governor, though some Republicans are cutting into his cash advantage. Reports filed Friday with the Missouri Ethics Commission show Koster raised $1.3 million this past quarter and had nearly $5.8 million in his campaign account to start 2016. Republican…
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Donald Trump says he will begin spending money on campaign advertising, despite what he views as comfortable leads in national and state preference polls. The Republican presidential front-runner says he doesn’t “want to take any chances.” He spoke to reporters Tuesday on his private jet before a rally in nearby…