Missouri House approves early voting measures

The Missouri House on approved a pair of measures Thursday allowing early voting.

The constitutional amendment and companion legislation would allow early voting for nine days, with half-days on Saturday and no early voting on Sunday.

A proposed initiative petition, which could appear on the fall ballot, would allow early voting for six weeks, including weekends for the final 21 days before an election.

Some Democrats called the limited House proposal a distraction from the initiative petition.

This story was originally published April 17, 2014 at 9:23 PM with the headline "Missouri House approves early voting measures."