COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A law requiring Missouri voters to show government-issued photo identification to cast regular ballots will stand after a lower-court judge found it constitutional Tuesday.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey are facing a new era with President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House.

Despite swings in the final vote tally, Missouri voters backed sports betting. It will be 2025 before bets are placed, however.

Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem upheld a law that requires voters to present government-issued photo identification for voting.

JEFFERSON CITY — A Cole County judge struck down key elements of a Republican-led “voter integrity” law Wednesday as unconstitutional and vague, setting up a possible appeal or further legislative action.

A challenge to Missouri's voter ID law will proceed to the state Supreme Court following Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem's decision upholding the 2022 legislation, opponents said Tuesday.

Missouri's Republican attorney general says he still considers it illegal to provide abortions after fetal viability, despite a newly approved state abortion rights amendment.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that a state law requiring a photo ID to vote was upheld in a court ruling on Monday.

A Missouri judge threw out a lawsuit from the Missouri NAACP and other groups challenging the state's law requiring a government-issued ID to vote. But the plaintiffs say "the court got the test wrong" and ignored the burden the law places on voters.

Missouri lawmakers passed legislation in 2022 that established a photo ID requirement at the polls. The NAACP and voting rights group had sued, arguing that its intention was to disenfranchise large groups of people.

A Missouri judge has upheld a state law requiring voters to present government-issued photo identification at polling stations, reigniting debates about voter accessibility and election security. The ruling,