A Missouri judge dismissed a lawsuit from several left-wing groups on Wednesday that challenged the state’s recently enacted voter ID requirements, paving the way for the law to remain in effect for the 2022 midterm elections.
Written by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem, the ruling stipulates that the challenge to the law in question brought by the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP and League of Women Voters (LWV) against the state “fails to allege facts establishing standing” and that “Missouri voters do not have a legally protectable interest in avoiding the everyday burdens of getting an expired license renewed.”
“These allegations are insufficient to establish representational standing,” Beetem wrote. “As this Court stated in its prior judgment, ‘Plaintiffs … lack associational standing because they fail to identify any member of their organizations who has direct standing to challenge the laws at issue’ … NAACP’s and LWV’s decision to
