Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order that temporarily suspends the requirement that a notary public must conduct the notarization of official documents while the signer appears in-person before them. The April 6 order allows for the use of ...

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With social-distancing measures in place and anxiety about contracting COVID-19 on the rise, some Missouri attorneys are urging government officials to permit the remote notarization of legal documents. Kansas City attorney Aimee Gromowsky took to Twitter March 20 to lobby ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court will not consider the ACLU of Missouri’s arguments that the state of Missouri should expedite the referendum process to enable it to start collecting signatures earlier as part of its efforts to undo new abortion regulations. ...

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The ACLU of Missouri’s efforts to place the state’s new law restricting abortions before the voters for approval may proceed if the Missouri Supreme Court does not take up the matter. A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals ...

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How much say do voters get when lawmakers declare something is an emergency? A series of lawsuits is testing a new — or at least newly rediscovered — aspect of Missouri election law. After lawmakers in May passed a bill ...

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