West St. Louis County townships provided more votes last Tuesday in St. Louis County for banning smoking in indoor public places, but the strongest sentiment for the ban came from townships in the central part of the county.

The St. Louis…

The Greater St. Louis Bowling Proprietors Association, which campaigned against the ban on smoking in indoor public places that St. Louis County voters approved on Tuesday, has conceded defeat. It hopes non-smokers will come to their bowling centers when the…

Election Day 2009

Although their causes came up short on Tuesday, Republican and Libertarian leaders in St. Louis County claimed some progress in defeat.

In Clayton, county GOP Chair Rich Magee liked what he saw — even though Republican Dan O’Sullivan lost…

Wrapping up our election night coverage with a few more winners:

• Voters in Kirkwood approved a municipal smoking ban that is stricter than the county version also approved tonight.
• County voters approved a tenth-of-a-cent sales tax to fund new emergency radio equipment.
• St.…

The St. Louis County smoking ban might do more than pass — it might pass with authority.

With just over 40 percent of precincts reporting, the ban has broken out to a wide lead:

YES: 63.55%
NO:  36.45

Yes, most of the county’s precincts…

Read into this what you like: Absentee ballots in St. Louis County favor the smoking ban by a wide margin.

The first results posted of the day show 69 percent of voters who filled out their ballots early support the smoking…

KIRKWOOD — While voters considered a countywide smoking ban today, the ballot in Kirkwood featured a separate municipal proposal that can restrict smoking in the city, regardless of what happens to the county ban.

Post-Dispatch photojournalist…

If you haven’t made it to the polls yet, better do it soon — polls close at 7 p.m.

Technically, voters who are in line by then are eligible to cast their ballots, but waits have not been a problem at…

Updated: 8:37 a.m. Tuesday

Polls opened as expected at 6 a.m today for local voters, who will consider a partial smoking ban, a tax to raise money for emergency radio equipment and a pair of legislative races.

Most of the action will…

With the election four days away, energized supporters and opponents of the Proposition N smoking ban have stepped up their campaigns and picked up more money - with the anti-ban committee thus far outraising supporters but the pro-ban committee picking…