Posted by
Team Turk on Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:06:50 PM
Kansas City Star recounts
tax, voting arguments.
Missouri Supreme Court judges heard arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of a law requiring photo identification at the polls, focusing their questions on the cost of getting the IDs.
Also Wednesday, the high court heard arguments on whether to allow Amendment 3 — which would raise cigarette taxes by 80 cents a pack — to stay on the Nov. 7 ballot. A circuit judge in September ruled that supporters had gathered enough signatures to place the amendment on the ballot, reversing Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s decision to reject it.
The Supreme Court did not make a ruling on either issue Wednesday, but attorneys in both cases said they expected decisions soon.