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Election Law Litigation
Jackson County v. State of Missouri; Weinschenk v. State of Missouri
(page last updated October 17, 2007 at 12:08 PM)
Case Information
All Courts: Cole County District Court, State of Missouri (Case 06AC-CC00587, 06AC-CC00656)
Topic(s): Voter ID
State: Missouri
Date Filed: July 17, 2006
Date Ended: October 16, 2006
Issue: Whether SB1014, which requires voters to show a photo identification issued by Missouri or the federal government in order to cast a regular ballot violates the "Hancock Amendment" to the Missouri Constitution, which bars the state from requiring any new or expanded activities by counties and other political subdivisions without full state financing.
Status: Section 115.427 of the Missouri Voter Protection Act, including the Photo ID requirement, declared unconstitutional 9/14/06. Supreme Court of Missouri Affirmed.
Jackson County v. State of Missouri District Court Documents
- Docket Search
- Petition for Declaratory, Injunctive and Class Action Relief
(filed 7/17/06) - Application for Preliminary Injunction (filed 8/3/06)
- Answer Filed (filed 8/18/06)
- Plaintiffs' Bench Brief in Support of Injunctive and Declaratory Relief (filed 8/21/06)
- Filing - Plaintiffs Jackson County Missouri and City of St. Louis Missouri hereby voluntarily dismiss their claims without prejudice (filed 9/1/06)
- Memorandum with Plaintiffs' Proposed Judgment for Declaratory Judgment and Permanent Injunction (filed 9/6/06)
- Judgment (entered 9/14/06)
Weinschenk v. State of Missouri District Court Documents
- Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (filed 8/3/06)
- Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 8/17/06)
- Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 8/17/06)
Supreme Court of Missouri Documents
- Briefing Schedule 1 (filed 9/21/06)
- Briefing Schedule 2 (filed 9/26/06)
- Notice of Appeal by State of Missouri (filed 9/21/06)
- Notice of Appeal by Interveners Dale Morris and Sen Delbert Scott (filed 9/22/06)
- Transcript on Appeal 1
- Transcript on Appeal 2
- Jackson County Supplemental Transcript Form 8-28-06
- Jackson County Supplemental Transcript Form 9-6-06
- State of Missouri Brief (filed 9/28/06)
- Jackson County Brief (filed 10/2/06)
- State of Missouri Brief (filed 9/28/06)
- Scott Brief (filed 9/28/06)
- Weinschenk Brief (filed 10/2/06)
- Carnahan Brief (filed 10/2/06)
- Scott Reply (filed 10/4/06)
- Women's Voices-AARP Amici Brief (filed 10/4/06)
- NAACP-ACLU Amici Brief (filed 10/4/06)
- Opinion (entered 10/16/06)
Related Links
- Costs still rising from failed voter ID plan, News-Leader (10/22/06)
- Secretary of State Worries About Voter Confusion, Missouri Net (10/17/06)
- Voter Photo ID Sponsor Will Try Again, Missouri Net (10/17/06)
- State High Court Tosses Voter ID, News-Leader (10/17/06)
- Missouri Supreme Court Strikes Down Photo ID Law, Equal Vote Blog (10/16/06)
- Mo. High Court Strikes Down Voter ID Law, Associated Press (10/16/06)
- New Missouri voter ID law violates Hancock Amendment, suit says, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (7/18/06)
- Democratic officials challenge Missouri voter ID law, The Kansas City Star (7/17/06)
- SB1014, The Challenged Law
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