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02.11.2009 11:24 am

Jay Nixon appoints labor leader to county election board

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

Richard H. Kellett, 74, of Florissant, has been tapped by Gov. Jay Nixon to serve on the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners.

Kellett, a Democrat, is a retired labor leader for Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 in St. Louis.…

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11.16.2008 2:47 pm

Group to hold hearing on Velda Village voting problems

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Members of Missourians for Honest Elections, a nonpartisan group that first raised questions three years ago about touch-screen voting machines, says that its members “have phoned the 64 people who said they had problems voting in Velda Village on Nov.…

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11.08.2008 5:25 pm

Obama gains on McCain in St. Louis County’s rerun of numbers

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Missouri’s presidential results got 699 votes tighter — without those as-yet-uncounted provisional ballots — after St. Louis County completed a new final tally of its votes in Tuesday’s election.

Political Fix got a copy of those tallies, including the township-by-township breakdown,…

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11.04.2008 5:27 pm

Daughter of Election Board official carries on family tradition

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Margaret Gillerman reports that workers at the St. Louis County Election Board and politicians were heartened to see Peggy Kochner continuing in the tradition of her beloved mother, Rosemary Kochner, who died last week.

Rosemary Kochner was a 30-year Election…

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11.04.2008 10:03 am

Put that Bic back!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Good news from the P-D’s Margaret Gillerman: The election is going as well or better than other presidential elections in memory.

That’s the assessment of St. Louis County Republican Director of Elections Joe Goeke III.

In case you didn’t know, the county…

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11.04.2008 7:46 am

Calling in replacements

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Strep throat — that scourge of grade schools — may be making its mark in Decision 2008.

A number of election workers in St. Louis County have called out sick, reports our Margaret Gillerman.

The County Board of Elections says it’s ready.…

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09.09.2008 12:01 am

Clay to city and county Election Boards: Are you prepared for Nov. 4?

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U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, sent a letter Monday to the election boards in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County, in which he calls for talks “to make sure the process is safe, secure and accessible…

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07.07.2008 5:33 pm

Record turnout? St. Louis county wants YOU!

With all the talk of potential record turnout at elections this year (both in August and November), the St. Louis County Board of Elections has announced an aggressive recruitment program to get more poll workers.The campaign involves both a direct…

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05.21.2008 8:30 pm

Blunt looking for new county elections chief

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Gov. Matt Blunt’s spokeswoman said Wednesday that he’ll begin looking for replacements now that lawyer John Diehl has resigned as chairman of the St. Louis County Election Board.

“Governor Blunt appreciates his service. He did a good job on the Election Board,” said Blunt…

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05.20.2008 8:32 pm

Diehl DEFINITELY in; resigning and filing Wednesday

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St. Louis County Election Board chairman John Diehl just confirmed that he’s resigning his post Wednesday morning, then filing for the 87th District state House spot being vacated by fellow Republican Scott Muschany.

Diehl, 43, of Town and Country, said he had…

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