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.

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,

Missouri’s photo ID requirement for voting is still the law of the land. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem has rejected the latest lawsuit seeking to strike down Missouri’s photo ID requirement. The law passed in 2022 requires voters show a valid photo ID at the polls,

A Missouri state law requiring a photo ID to vote will remain intact. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem ruled Monday that a lawsuit challenging the photo ID requirement lacks standing. In his ruling, Beetem said the individual plaintiffs did not provide “sufficient evidence” that they are harmed by the law’s voter ID provisions.

Judge Jon. E. Beetem of the Circuit Court of Cole County upheld the state's photo ID requirements for in-person 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 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.