Voter advocates pelt Gov. Parson for ignoring veto request

Missouri voter protection advocates Wednesday condemned Governor Michael Parson's signing of H.B. 1878, the elections bill passed by the General Assembly last month.'We are disappointed that Governor Parson did not consider the voters of Missouri who will be harmed by H.B. 1878,' said Denise Lieberman, director and general counsel of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition. She said her organization is considering a legal challenge to some of the bill's provisions.  'H.B. 1878 is breathtaking in the ways it undermines our elections - hampering voter registration drives, making it illegal to help people get absentee ballot applications, enshrining an unconstitutional strict photo ID provision, allowing the Secretary of State to order voters removed from the rolls at his discretion, allowing partisan lawmakers to be part of challenges to voting laws, opening the door to sham audits and more,' she said.