By Jay Ashcroft, Missouri Secretary of State
and Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State
As we gear up for the 2020 elections, voters in both the Show-Me State and the Volunteer State will be flooded with election-related information. This includes anything related to voter registration, polling locations and times, absentee ballots and other election questions. That’s why Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and I are joining forces along with Secretaries of State from across the country to educate voters that election officials are trusted sources for election information.
Editorials
Eminent domain is not for sale in Missouri
By Eric Bohl
Imagine if Warren Buffett wanted to build a private toll road across northern Missouri. The billionaire would charge cars $100 apiece to race from his home city of Omaha, Nebraska, to Nashville, Tennessee, pocketing a huge chunk of profit on each trip. He might call it the “Music City Express.” Unfortunately, the toll road would have no exits in Missouri. Cars could only get on in Nebraska and exit in Tennessee. No local residents could use it at all.
Privacy rights vs. the public’s right to know
By Phill Brooks
A recent lawsuit filed against the Missouri House has highlighted a growing conflict between demands for openness in government versus the expectation of Missouri citizens for personal privacy. Missouri's Sunshine Law addresses privacy concerns for some information held by state government.
For 150 years, innovation has run through Mo. S&T
By Mohammad Dehghani
Doppler radar. Mobile payment systems. A GPS in the palm of your hand. We take these types of everyday technologies for granted. But behind each of them was the work of engineers – and if not for one Missouri university known for its engineering programs, these innovations, and many others, may have never occurred.
Dark money in the 2020 campaigns
By Phill Brooks
The Missouri Ethics Commission has struck another blow against "dark money." The term describes money spent on behalf of candidates and ballot issues using a legal loophole that avoids disclosure of the real contributors.