The Latest Breaking News from Jay Ashcroft

Judge rules Missouri AG Bailey had no authority to inflate cost of abortion rights ballot measure

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Cole County judge on Tuesday ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey had no authority to inflate the estimated cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023

Why Republican-led states keep leaving a group that verifies voter rolls

Eight Republican-led states this year left an interstate cooperative that seeks to maintain accurate voter registration rolls, and three more may join them — a move that election security experts say is fueled by conspiracy theories.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books escalates

Some libraries are now facing an existential threat: They could lose their public funding over books deemed inappropriate for young readers.

WEKU · May 4, 2023

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft elevated voting conspiracy theories. Now he’s running for governor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — During his time in the office, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has been willing to acknowledge and elevate those that have promoted conspiracy theories and false claims about elections.

Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2023

Jay Ashcroft says fellow Republicans have ‘failed to deliver,’ launches bid for Missouri governor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced his long-expected run for governor on Thursday, asserting Missouri Republicans had “failed to deliver” on conservative policies, falling behind other red states.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 6, 2023

Dark money groups push election denialism on US state officials

Groups have created incubator of policies that would restrict ballot access and amplify election fraud claims

The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2023

After Ashcroft pulls Missouri out of voting information system, no plan for alternative program

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and officials in a handful of other Republican-leaning states left a national system designed to improve the accuracy of voting rolls last week, the likely GOP candidate for governor outlined his grievances.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023

Editorial: Missouri succumbs to conspiracy theories by leaving group that fights voter fraud

Missouri has withdrawn from a national coalition of states focused on election integrity and has no plan to replace its services. Talk about bad timing. A contentious presidential election year is right around the corner. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft must waste no time figuring out how Missouri will ensure…

Tribune News Service · Mar 14, 2023

Three more states withdraw from voter data organization

Missouri, Florida, and West Virginia withdrew from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) on March 6. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) said the state was withdrawing because ERIC would not “require member states to participate in addressing multi-state voter fraud.” West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner (R)…

Ballotpedia · Mar 13, 2023

Group files petitions to restore abortion rights in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri abortion rights supporters on Wednesday filed a flurry of ballot initiatives seeking to ask voters in 2024 to restore some form of abortion rights in a state where the procedure is almost entirely banned.

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023