"This only affects 20 percent of the 55,000 people who have been on welfare over two years," said Rep. David Levin, R-St. Louis County. "It actually has very limited effect."
But one problem with the bill could be enforcement. Rep. David Levin, R-St. Louis, wondered how many cases of petition fraud there have been. The answer is none on the state level in the last year, said Margaret Freeman of the state's Election Services. But it is up to the counties to find such fraud.
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