Will you be Voting?

A week from today is voting day.

Will you be voting?

Will you be glad when the campaigning and rhetoric is over?

Seems like its a contentious and divided time in America – but we all passionately believe in our issues and
passionately discuss them. May less “discuss” than “post.” I much prefer political discussions with friends than
dogmatic social media posts.

I will be working as a lawyer at the polls again next Tuesday – I’ve done that for about 10 years. I’ve worked at other
polling places over the years. My favorite was a resident’s garage in the hill area at least 20 years ago.

Farther below I discuss another interesting legal victory for a client, more news on our class action victory, class
action podcasts and scuba diving, but first a little more on voting.

Midterm elections always generate lower voter turnout than presidential elections. While the latter have had turnouts of
about 50–60% over the past 60 years, only
about 40 percent of those eligible to vote actually go to the polls in midterm elections.

In addition to a 1/3 of Senators and all House of Representatives, almost 70% of states choose governors at midterms.

My friend Grant Doty wrote a great article this week, published this week. Grant and I ran cross country in high school
together (he was much better). Click
here for a link to the article.

Since then, Grant served our country as a career Army officer, went to law school and now practices law in St. Louis.
With all the news and fake news about voting, I thought I’d share Grant’s three voting Myth’s for this election.

Voting Myth 1. If I moved and did not update my voter registration, I am no longer registered to vote.

Fact. The majority of people who move remain registered to vote in Missouri.

Voting Myth 2. If I have the wrong address on my driver’s license, this will prevent me from voting given Missouri’s
new photo identification law.

Fact. A current address on your photo identification is not required to vote. The law does not even mention the
voter’s address for any form of primary identification (e.g., driver’s license, non-driver license, military
identification, passport, etc.). In fact, neither passports nor military IDs even list addresses.

Voting Myth 3. If I don’t have photo identification, lose it just before Election Day, or leave it at home, this
will prevent me from voting.

Fact. It is estimated that 5 percent of registered voters in Missouri lack the prescribed non-expired Missouri
or federal photo identification. But as long as those voters present a secondary form of identification – such as a
college ID, the voter notification card they got in the mail, or a current utility bill, bank statement or other
government document – they can still vote.

Here’s a pic of us voting tow years ago – all smiles.

Please exercise your franchise and vote a week from today. Thanks.

Gary Burger

Founder | Injury Attorney
Gary Burger has dedicated his career to standing up against bullies. The founder and principal attorney of Burger Law | St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyer has helped hundreds of Missouri and Illinois individuals and families recover th …
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