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In This
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- National Day of Prayer
- U.S.
Supreme Court Ruling
- Mother’s Day
- State Offices Closed
- A Little Bit of Humor…
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National
Day of Prayer
In these two pictures, Rep.
Davis is shown with some of her favorite veterans (above) and constituents
at the National Day of Prayer, near the O’Fallon Veterans Memorial Walk.
On
May 1, National Day of Prayer ceremonies were held at the Capitol in
Jefferson City, O’Fallon City Hall and
O’Fallon Veterans Memorial Walk. If you were not able to attend a
ceremony this year, don’t feel too bad. This event is held every
year on the first Thursday of May. If you want more details, you can
find them on the official web site:
http://www.ndptf.org/home/home.html.
United
States Supreme
Court Ruling
This week, the House authorized a ballot question
on a requirement to present a photo ID when voting. It still needs
to be passed by the Senate, but if the Senate approves it next week, you
will have the opportunity to vote on it in November. You may have
heard that our United States Supreme Court ruled that Indiana can keep
its photo ID law. This was a good decision because the tenth
amendment of the U.S. Constitution allows states to have their own laws so
long as they do not conflict with anything in the U.S. Constitution.
This ruling also shows how out of touch our Missouri Supreme Court was by
striking down our Missouri photo ID law.
Here are my thoughts on this
subject:
- Our voting
process is worth protecting, and a photo ID will help in the next three
situations.
- Non-citizens
do not have the right to vote.
- Dogs do not
have the right to vote. This week, a representative in the House
showed us a picture of a dog that was on the voter
registry.
- Dead people
do not have the right to vote. In past elections, several people
in St.
Louis voted several times since they died.
- What is the
real motivation for making sure it is easy to defraud the system?
Here is an excerpt from a letter a constituent
sent me:
“People all over the world
would die for the right to vote, many walking for miles under fire, and
under the threat of death, to get to the polls. If Americans
take so little interest and effort to exercise the right to vote (all
those excuses), then they don't need to vote in my estimation. There
is no excuse for Americans not to get registered, period. As far as
illegals voting, that is against the law…
Thank you again for all you
are doing to make our state and nation a safer and better
place.”
To give you a perspective about what is being
written across the nation, including a quote from me, here is an excerpt
from an article that appeared in a nationwide
publication:
By Greg
Gordon
McClatchy Newspapers
Apr. 29, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's decision Monday
to uphold Indiana's photo-ID law in elections will permit
Republican-dominated legislatures in other states to pass legislation that
liberal political advocates say will disenfranchise poorer,
Democratic-leaning voters.
More than 20 states…require some type of
identification at the polls.
The Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote,
ruled that Indiana has a "valid interest in
protecting the integrity and reliability of the electoral process,' "
Justice John Paul Stevens said in an opinion that was joined by Chief
Justice John Roberts and
Justice Anthony Kennedy….
When Missouri Republican state
Rep. Cynthia Davis of O'Fallon
heard the news, she let out a triumphant "Ha-haa! ... What a smart court
we have!"…
Missouri's state Supreme Court struck
down a photo-ID law in 2006, saying it violated the state's Constitution.
Davis said that there are just three weeks left in this year's legislative
session, but "this paves the way" for her bill to require people to
provide proof of citizenship before registering to vote.
Washington Post contributed to this
article.
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Don’t Forget!
Mother’s Day Is this
Sunday
State Offices Closed
Today
But I’m Still
Here
All
non-essential Missouri state offices will be closed on
Thursday, May 8, the birth date of Harry S. Truman. Your State
Capitol, however, will be open and doing business if you need to contact
me.
This
holiday was first celebrated in 1968 in honor of Truman, who was the
thirty-third president of the United States, a distinguished
public servant and the only Missourian ever to be elected to this high
office.
Also,
the state now has a toll-free hotline, (888) 390-9927, which provides an
updated announcement of state office building closures in the event of an
emergency or safety threat. The number is informational only and
will not accept messages from callers for
follow-up.
A Little
Bit of Humor…
Three couples were having tea one fine day. There
were all chatting and whatnot when one of the men, trying to get a
chuckle, said to his wife, "Pass the honey, honey!” Getting the chuckle he
expected, he carried on. A moment later, the second man said, "Pass the
sugar, sugar!" This got a bit of a bigger laugh, so the third man,
although not quite as clever or quick-witted as the other two, decided to
join in the fun. He waited for the perfect opportunity, cleared his throat
and then confidently said, "Pass the tea,
bag!"
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