{"id":5995,"date":"2008-05-16T12:28:31","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T19:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5995"},"modified":"2008-05-17T13:23:44","modified_gmt":"2008-05-17T20:23:44","slug":"update-on-mo-gop-battle-to-disenfranchise-dem-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5995","title":{"rendered":"Update on MO GOP Battle to Disenfranchise Dem Voters!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By way of late update, MO sources tell The BRAD BLOG<\/a> that the Republicans’ state Constitutional Amendment to require draconian proof of citizenship and photo ID in order to cast a legal vote — which the MO SoS reports could disenfranchise as many as 240,000 legal Show-Me State voters — is still likely to come up for a vote today in the MO Senate, as this is the last day of the legislative session before recess.<\/p>\n

All eyes were on developments on the floor until the early hours last night, when the Senate was still in session as of 2:30am, even as Columbia Tribune<\/i> reports<\/a> there may be attempts to amend the language to make the Constitutional revision more “palatable” by allowing for the disenfranchisement to not take place until 2010, instead of this November.<\/p>\n

The Senate session is scheduled to end today at 6pm CT, and we’re monitoring the situation. We hope to have an update tonight when we’ll be guest hosting the Peter B. Collins Show<\/i><\/a> at 5pm PT (7pm CT ).<\/p>\n

Advocates for democracy (small “d”) are still urging Missouri residents to call their Senators to ask them to vote NO on HJR48<\/b>, which could be all the GOP needs to keep the important swing-state in the R column this fall! Here’s the details you’ll need…<\/p>\n

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