Missouri: Voter ID bill will go onto ballot
Missouri voters would need to show government-issued identification to vote, under a bill approved Tuesday in the Missouri Senate. The measure, which also includes provisions for early voting in partisan elections, does not take effect unless voters approve a state constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot sometime between now and November 2012. The measure, a key Republican goal for several years, was sent to Gov. Jay Nixon on a 25-9 vote. Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, voted in favor of the bill.