House committee calls for special session to pass voting legislation
GRACE ZOKOVITCH
MISSOURI NEWS NETWORK
With the legislative session ending without the passage of controversial voting and election overhaul, House Republicans are looking to the governor to keep the fight alive.
Republican members of the House Committee on Elections and Elected Officials called for the governor to convene a special session in order to allow the legislature to address several election and voting bills. Two days ahead of the session’s close, this call speaks to some representatives’ lack of faith in these high-profile bills’ momentum in the Senate.
Hours after the House members released their statement, senators took up a new proposal that would address several of those issues. They were still debating late Wednesday night.