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MISSOURI'S PROPOSED VOTING REQUIREMENT COULD DISENFRANCHISE MORE THAN 200,000 U.S. CITIZENS

Rural, Low-Income, and African American Residents Among Most Affected

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:

Missouri’s legislature is considering a constitutional amendment permitting the state to require residents to provide documentary proof of their U.S. citizenship in order to vote.  If implemented, it risks disenfranchising large numbers of Missouri residents who are U.S. citizens....
the estimated 238,000 Missourians who lack these documents would include:



  • more than 90,000 rural residents;



  • 70,000 low-income residents;



  • 50,000 residents without a high school diploma;



  • 50,000 elderly residents; and



  • 40,000 African Americans.

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    According to my source, this is just the tip of the iceberg: 18 other states are planning or are initiating similar action. I am trying to get more information from CBPP on this.


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As a Missouri resident, I can tell you this thing is likely to pass the General Assembly. On the upside, it requires a vote of the citizens of Missouri to pass... I can only hope that we can GOTV on this issue and put this farce to rest.

EW

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