Are You Voting in Tuesday's 2012 Presidential Election?

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Are you heading the polls to cast your vote in Tuesday's election? (Check your voter registration here. ) There is a lot a stake. In addition to electing our president for the next four years, St. Louis County voters are also picking a U.S. senator. At the state level, voters will pick a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, along with state senators, representatives and judges.  A number of issues will also be voted on Tuesday, including Proposition S, which would approve an operating tax levy for the Special School District of St. Louis County, Proposition B which would significantly raise Missouri tobacco taxes and a St. Louis County Library tax levy for library improvements. (Click here …

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Missouri Voters Will Decide a Bevy of Ballot Issues This Year

Plus: A goodbye and a thank you from your purveyor of Potpourri.

This election cycle brought about an unprecedented flow of initiative petitions -- 143 to be exact. Even though an innumerable amount of trees were sacrificed in paperwork, only four items have any chance of making it to the ballot. Earlier in May, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that various groups had turned in signatures for the following ballot initiatives: It’s not known yet whether any of these items will actually be put up for a vote. For one thing, several of the items, including the cigarette tax increase and the payday loan measure, are tied up in litigation. Arch City Chronicle writer Dave Drebes indicated earlier this month that the cases may be heard later in June. The other wrinkle is that the proposals need a …

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Nate Birt

9:27 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012

Jason, you're a credit to your industry. Keep up the good work, and have a blast at your new gig.   more ›