JEFFERSON CITY - Officials for Missouri Secretary of State said early voting won't happen in Missouri this year. However, Missouri has absentee voting which is currently allowed.

JEFFERSON CITY - Monday's debate between McCaskill and Blunt was the result of weeks of heated discussion between the two campaigns. Both candidates accused the other of making the process of choosing debate times difficult.

JEFFERSON CITY - St. Louis City Board of Elections Director James O'Toole says he is not worried that Electionline.org singled out Missouri as a potential troubled area on election day. Electionline.org says the issues of provisional voting, early voting, and voting by e-mail from overseas could cause problems on election day. Electionline.org singled out Missouri, Ohio and Florida as the areas with the potential for the biggest election problems. The organization will send a representative to observe the voting process in each state. O'Toole says election problems from 2000 have been fixed and there is no need for outside help.

JEFFERSON CITY - Experience is the only issue that seems to divide this year's candidates for Secretary of State Missouri Speaker of the House Catherine Hanaway and first-time politician Robin Carnahan.

Carnahan is the daughter of former Missouri governor Mel Carnahan and former Sen. Jean Carnahan, but has never held an elective office before. She said she is going to bring a business approach to the office.

Hanaway is running on her experience as a state legislator for six years. She said running a campaign against the Carnahan name has been like "David and Goliath."

JEFFERSON CITY - Eighteen years separate the ages of Missouri Gubernatorial Candidates Matt Blunt and Claire McCaskill. In a state gubernatorial race that has turned into an elaborate display of negativity, qualification and age has emerged as one of the central issues in the race between Republican Candidate Matt Blunt and Democratic Candidate Claire McCaskill. It is an issue which McCaskill raises on the campaign trail. On the other side, McCaskill's longer governmental record has provided Blunt with more issues for attack.

JEFFERSON CITY - For a generally low profile statewide office, a short list of past state treasurers boasts some pretty high profile political names.

The office has become somewhat of a stepping stone.

This year's candidates for state treasurer are Republican State Senator Sarah Steelman and Democrat and Arnold Mayor Mark Powell.

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Corrections received almost 9,000 flu vaccines. The department is confident these vaccines will cover the inmates that need them.

JEFFERSON CITY - Republican Senator John Griesheimer says the Joint Committee on Terrorism is not planning any action against the Department of Natural Resources. Mubarek Hamad, an employee of Natural Resources, is also the executive director of the American Islamic Relief Agency that is being investigated by the FBI for terrorist links. Senator Griesheimer says next time the Terrorism Committee meets it will discuss background checks for state employees.

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Motor Carriers Association is concerned about the negative effects on shipping that toll booths would have. President George Burruss also said that funding for road projects doesn't need to come from toll booths.

JEFFERSON CITY - Democrat State Auditor Clair McCaskill touted her experience in government while Republican Secretary of State Matt Blunt argued conservative values.

The debate was carried statewide on television. It is first of only two formal-format debates between the two candidates. The final debate will be in Springfield on Friday.

JEFFERSON CITY - Although the two candidates reside in the same town, both hold law degrees and are even friends -- the hold starkly different views about the role of government.

The Democratic nominee is Missouri's former secretary of state, Bekki Cook. The Republican is the current president pro tem of the Missouri Senate, Peter Kinder.

JEFFERSON CITY - Despite a lack of support within the hierarchy of his own party, Kirbyville native John Swenson has won the Libertarian Party's nomination for governor the second time.

But he lacks a phone for his home -- as well as the support of his party's candidate for lieutenant governor.