In a clear boost for Democrats, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office on Tuesday announced that they had certified enough signatures on the petition for a measure adding a right to abortion to the state constitution for the November ballot, the Missouri Independent reports.
Ashcroft, who probably wasn’t happy to approve it given that he had threatened to resign from the governorship as a conscientious objection if he was elected and the abortion ballot had passed. The threat turned out to be moot because Ashcroft lost last week’s GOP gubernatorial primary to Lt Gov Mike Kehoe, who had secured the endorsement of term-limited incumbent Gov Mike Parsons.
Kehoe, Ashcroft, and racist bookburner state Senator Bill Eigel had all been endorsed by convicted felon former President Trump so he could simply claim that the candidate he backed had won.