State Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby, presented Senate Bill 985 on Monday before the Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee. The legislation is designed to strengthen election integrity and improve the electoral process for Missourians.
“Senate Bill 985 is about strengthening transparency and trust in our elections,” Sen. Carter said. “By requiring the Secretary of the State to assign a unique ID to every voting precinct across the state, and directing local election officials to report results according to their original precinct using those IDs, we are ensuring greater accuracy, accountability, and clarity in the electoral process for every voter.”
Currently, absentee ballots are reported as a separate precinct rather than being attributed back to the voter’s home precinct — a practice this bill seeks to correct to ensure more accurate and transparent reporting.
“This change creates greater transparency for both the public and elected officials,” Sen. Carter said. “By implementing this approach, we can gain a clearer and more accurate picture of public sentiment on the issues that matter most to our communities and the candidates that will represent them.”
Senate Bill 985 further strengthens election administration by requiring the statewide voter file — which is accessible under Missouri law to poll watchers, election judges and the public — to be updated in a timely manner as elections approach.
Ensuring the voter rolls are current helps equip the volunteers and election workers who dedicate their time to safeguarding our elections with accurate information on election night. The committee substitute has already refined this provision, tightening the language to eliminate any potential misinterpretation and clarify the bill’s intent. Finally, Senate Bill 985 extends a sunset provision for a fee that the Secretary of State collects to fund election operations.
8 comments:
Is this the same bill that Jill Carter claimed she hadn't read before she introduced it? Then Jill blamed her staffers for the problems with the bill that she didn't know about because she didn't write the bill or read it?
Good work Jill! /s
Jill is the best!
4:57 Jill is the best at what? Opening our private information to the internet for more issues? For blaming others rather than taking responsibility for her mistakes? The least she could have done is read what her staff wrote prior to submitting it. I always thought the GOP claimed to want small government, but that is well in the past. Now, the only thing the GOP seems to want is to have even more control over the “little people”. Sounds more and more like a dictatorship.
We need voter ID! We had thousands cross the border every day! No telling how many people that are still here illegally. Everyone should want fair voting! This is one way to keep up with the votes better!!
3:29 you are aware that in Missouri to vote, you have to show your drivers license. You have voted in the past 8 years, correct? This has nothing to do with illegals voting. This is about publicly posting all voters information on the internet. Please reread the legislation that Jill is wanting to pass.
I agree with this.
329 and 844 are examples of a magat echo chamber.
3:29 Missouri has voter ID requirements, already. You have to show your Drivers License to vote.
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