Missouri election head rejects petition for vote on abortion
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ” Missouri’s top election official on Tuesday rejected a third petition for a public vote on a new law banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy.Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s action came as opponents of the law are fighting in court force the Republican to approve two similar petitions for a referendum that he rejected last week.The ACLU of Missouri and wealthy Republican businessman David Humphreys filed the petitions to put the law on the 2020 […]
