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Lawmaker Proposes Early Voting at the Polls.

December 7, 2000
By: Michelle Wirth
State Capital Bureau

States across the nation have begun to open their polls early...days early. And now St. Louis could join their ranks.

Michelle Wirth has more from Jefferson City.

St. Louis Senator Paula Carter says she wants to the polls to open a month early before the next general election.

She says she's proposing the new law to help prevent overcrowding on election day.

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Contents: Anybody can go and vote at the Board of Elections without any penalty and then on election day you don't have all those people coming in, in the lines like we have.

Carter says her law will make voting easier for the elderly, the handicapped and those who can't get off work.

From Jefferson City, I'm Michelle Wirth.

Right now absentee ballots are the only way to vote early in St. Louis...but one lawmaker says she wants to change that.

Michelle Wirth has more from Jefferson City.

St. Louis Senator Paula Carter says voting can be a nerve racking experience.

She's proposing a new law that will allow voters to cast their ballot a month before elections.


Actuality: Carter 1

Contents: Anybody can go and vote at the board of elections without any penalty and then on election day you don't have all these people coming in the lines, like we have. You know it makes people nervous, people were literally shaking.

Carter says she wants to help the handicap, the elderly and voters who can't get off work.

From Jefferson City, I'm Michelle Wirth.