Jay Ashcroft

Ashcroft is the son of politician John Ashcroft.

Ashcroft attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, but did not graduate.{{cite web|url=http://ktvo.com/news/local/kraus-ashcroft-continue-throwing-shade-ahead-of-primary|title=Kraus, Ashcroft continue throwing shade ahead of primary|first=Geoffrey|last=Woehlk|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090458/http://ktvo.com/news/local/kraus-ashcroft-continue-throwing-shade-ahead-of-primary|archive-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live|date=July 19, 2016}} He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in engineering management from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He then worked as an engineer intern and educator.{{Cite web |last=Keller |first=Rudi |date=2024-07-16 |title=Missouri governor hopeful Ashcroft knocked off balance by complaint about use of 'engineer' • Missouri Independent |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2024/07/16/missouri-governor-hopeful-ashcroft-knocked-off-balance-by-complaint-about-use-of-engineer/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Bruce |first1=Betsy |title=Smith, Ashcroft discuss Missouri Secretary of State election |url=https://fox2now.com/2016/08/26/smith-ashcroft-discuss-missouri-secretary-of-state-election/ |website=FOX2now.com |access-date=17 February 2019 |language=en |date=26 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008115939/http://fox2now.com/2016/08/26/smith-ashcroft-discuss-missouri-secretary-of-state-election/ |archive-date=October 8, 2016 |url-status=live }} Ashcroft later attended law school, earning his Juris Doctor{{cite web|url=http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouris-next-secretary-state-will-be-first-time-officeholder|title=Missouri's next secretary of state will be a first-time officeholder|first=Marshall|last=Griffin|date=October 21, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213094814/http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouris-next-secretary-state-will-be-first-time-officeholder|archive-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live}} from Saint Louis University School of Law. After law school, he worked for a law firm's intellectual property division. He later worked for his father in the Ashcroft Law Firm, where he assisted businesses impacted by government regulations and counseled clients on patent prosecution, regulatory compliance, and election law.{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/sosbio|title=Biography of the Missouri Secretary of State|website=Office of the Secretary of State of Missouri|access-date=January 9, 2024}}

Ashcroft ran for the Missouri Senate in 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/08/07/338564331/familiar-name-returns-to-missouri-ballot|title=Familiar Name Returns To Missouri Ballot|website=NPR|date=August 7, 2014|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111061824/http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/08/07/338564331/familiar-name-returns-to-missouri-ballot|archive-date=November 11, 2016|url-status=live|last1=Rosenbaum|first1=Jason}} losing to Democrat Jill Schupp.{{cite news|url=http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/ashcroft-jumps-open-contest-missouri-secretary-state|title=Ashcroft jumps into open contest for Missouri secretary of state|work=KWMU|last=Mannies|first=Jo|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220190300/http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/ashcroft-jumps-open-contest-missouri-secretary-state|archive-date=February 20, 2015|url-status=live}} He ran for Missouri Secretary of State in the 2016 election, defeating state senator Will Kraus in the Republican primary election{{cite web|url=http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jay-Ashcroft-son-of-former-Governor-wins-GOP-Secretary-of-State-primary-389022512.html|title=Jay Ashcroft, son of ex-governor, wins Republican secretary of state primary|first=Jeff|last=Phillips|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090420/http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Jay-Ashcroft-son-of-former-Governor-wins-GOP-Secretary-of-State-primary-389022512.html|archive-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live}} and former KMOV anchor Robin Smith in the general election.{{cite web|url=http://fox2now.com/2016/11/08/jay-ashcroft-wins-secretary-of-state-race/|title=Jay Ashcroft wins Secretary of State race|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114184339/http://fox2now.com/2016/11/08/jay-ashcroft-wins-secretary-of-state-race/|archive-date=November 14, 2016|url-status=live}} In 2020, Ashcroft won re-election against Democrat Yinka Faleti.

Following his 2024 Missouri gubernatorial election campaign, Ashcroft announced "no intention" to run for another office.{{Cite web |last=Keller |first=Rudi |date=2024-12-24 |title=Jay Ashcroft says he won't seek office again after 8 years as Missouri secretary of state • Missouri Independent |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2024/12/24/jay-ashcroft-says-he-wont-seek-office-again-after-8-years-as-missouri-secretary-of-state/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}

Ashcroft opposes abortion. As Secretary of State, Ashcroft wrote ballot summaries for initiatives seeking to reverse the Missouri ban on abortions. Judge John E. Beetem rewrote the summaries for all six initiatives. In his view, Ashcroft's summaries did not fairly represent the purposes or effect and lacked reference to alternative reproductive care mentioned in the initiatives.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-26 |title=Judge rewrites abortion ballot summary, calls Ashcroft's version 'problematic' |url=https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/judge-rewrites-abortion-ballot-summary-calls-ashcrofts-version-problematic/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=FOX 2 |language=en-US}} Ashcroft appealed the case to Supreme Court of Missouri; it was denied less than a week later.{{Cite web |last=Spoerre |first=Anna |date=November 20, 2023 |title=Missouri Supreme Court won't hear Jay Ashcroft's appeal of abortion ballot summaries |url=https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-supreme-court-wont-hear-jay-ascrofts-appeal-of-abortion-ballot-summaries/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}

Ashcroft is a staunch supporter of stricter voter ID laws. Ashcroft's claims about voter fraud, as well as the need for photo ID laws to combat voter fraud, were a central aspect of his 2016 campaign for the office of Missouri Secretary of State.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article213550254.html|title=Voter fraud much greater threat than election hacking, Missouri's Jay Ashcroft says|website=kansascity|language=en|access-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106113702/https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article213550254.html|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=live}} He has asserted that voter fraud is common enough to have "changed elections."{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/judge-dismisses-suit-over-missouris-voter-id-law/|title=Judge dismisses suit over Missouri's voter ID law|date=2018-01-03|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181343/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/judge-dismisses-suit-over-missouris-voter-id-law/|archive-date=June 20, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://eu.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/14/could-foreign-hackers-mess-missouri-elections-jay-ashcroft-doesnt-think-so/1016135001/|title=Could foreign hackers mess with Missouri elections? Jay Ashcroft doesn't think so.|work=Springfield News-Leader|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ashcroft-defends-missouri-s-cooperation-with-trump-voter-fraud-probe/article_837cd2ea-9dea-5356-9fdf-d9dce97d2cc9.html|title=Ashcroft defends Missouri's cooperation with Trump voter-fraud probe, as other states decline|last=McDermott|first=Kevin|work=stltoday.com|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827082619/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ashcroft-defends-missouri-s-cooperation-with-trump-voter-fraud-probe/article_837cd2ea-9dea-5356-9fdf-d9dce97d2cc9.html|archive-date=August 27, 2018|url-status=live}} Election fraud did change the outcome in a Kansas City election when an aunt and uncle voted illegally for a state representative who won by one vote.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-20 |title=What Royster's Case Tells Us About Voter Fraud In Kansas City |url=https://www.kcur.org/government/2013-08-20/what-roysters-case-tells-us-about-voter-fraud-in-kansas-city |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City |language=en}} The type of voter fraud that would be addressed through Ashcroft's preferred legislation, which critics say suppresses turnout,{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=District of Columbia 1800 I. Street NW |last2=Dc 20006 |title=PolitiFact - States with voter ID laws have seen 'zero decrease' in turnout, NC Republican says |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/20/tim-moore/states-voter-id-laws-have-seen-zero-decrease-turno/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=@politifact |language=en-US}} is extremely rare.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ashcroft-defends-missouri-s-cooperation-with-trump-voter-fraud-probe/article_837cd2ea-9dea-5356-9fdf-d9dce97d2cc9.html|title=Ashcroft defends Missouri's cooperation with Trump voter-fraud probe, as other states decline|last=McDermott|first=Kevin|work=stltoday.com|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827082619/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ashcroft-defends-missouri-s-cooperation-with-trump-voter-fraud-probe/article_837cd2ea-9dea-5356-9fdf-d9dce97d2cc9.html|archive-date=August 27, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/states-push-new-voter-requirements-fueled-trump-n780611|title=States push new voter requirements, fueled by Trump|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617232137/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/states-push-new-voter-requirements-fueled-trump-n780611|archive-date=June 17, 2018|url-status=live}} In defending a push for stricter photo-ID laws, Ashcroft cited one instance where a couple illegally voted, but omitted that the photo-ID laws that Ashcroft was advocating for would not have prevented the couple from voting. According to the Kansas City Star, "there has never been a reported case of voter impersonation fraud in Missouri." In June 2018, Ashcroft said that voter fraud was "an exponentially greater threat than hacking."

On July 3, 2017, Ashcroft said that he would comply with a request by the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a commission appointed by Trump to investigate supposed voter fraud, to a request for Missourians voting data.{{cite web|last1=Cali|first1=Michael|title=Ashcroft to release Missourians' voting data to Trump commission|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/ashcroft-to-release-missourians-voting-data-to-trump-commission/article_c2655fd0-6031-11e7-aa5a-b7bdcde205ef.html|newspaper=Columbia Missourian|date=July 3, 2017}} At the time, Missouri was one of only three states to comply with the commission - which was required by Missouri law. Officials of both parties in many states declined to turn over data to the commission, variously citing voter privacy and stating that the commission would legitimize Trump's claims of massive voter fraud.{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/kris-kobach-letter-voter-fraud-commission-information/index.html|title=44 states won't give some voter info to panel|author1=Liz Stark |author2=Grace Hauck|work=CNN|access-date=2018-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181312/https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/kris-kobach-letter-voter-fraud-commission-information/index.html|archive-date=June 20, 2018|url-status=live}} He said he would give out voters' names, addresses, birthdates, where they voted and when, also required by Missouri law.[https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=115.157&bid=35764&hl=Voter%u2044Record]{{Cite news|url=http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-secretary-state-responds-criticism-over-support-trump-voter-fraud-panel#stream/0|title=Missouri Secretary of State responds to criticism over support for Trump voter-fraud panel|last=Mannies|first=Jo|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621071139/http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-secretary-state-responds-criticism-over-support-trump-voter-fraud-panel#stream/0#stream/0|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live}}

Ashcroft has backed a number of Republican proposals to reduce the number of Missouri ballot initiative petitions and make it harder for ballot initiatives to win approval in elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article228588309.html|title=On the GOP's agenda: making it harder for Missouri voters to put issues on the ballot|last=Hancock|first=Jason|website=Kansas City Star|language=en|access-date=2019-04-04}}

In March 2023, Ashcroft announced that he is withdrawing Missouri from Electronic Registration Information Center, a bipartisan system to update and improve the accuracy of voter rolls.{{Cite web |last=Hancock |first=Jason |date=2023-03-06 |title=Jay Ashcroft withdraws Missouri from group designed to help combat voter fraud |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2023/03/06/jay-ashcroft-withdraws-missouri-from-group-designed-to-help-combat-voter-fraud/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}} His office declined to share reports from the decision or cyber security reviews on elections with the state auditor, leading to a "fair" rating in an audit released in February 2024.{{Cite web |last=Keller |first=Rudi |date=2024-01-23 |title=Jay Ashcroft accuses Missouri auditor of political attack over criticism in new report |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2024/01/23/jay-ashcroft-accuses-missouri-auditor-of-political-attack-over-criticism-in-new-report/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}

In December 2018, Ashcroft, who as Secretary of State does not have the power to issue subpoenas, asked Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway, who can issue subpoenas, to cooperate in an investigation into then-Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley for using public resources in his successful 2018 campaign for the U.S. Senate.{{Cite web|author1=Jason Hancock |author2=Steve Vockrodt |author3=Lindsay Wise |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article222900205.html |access-date=February 17, 2019|title=Missouri Secretary of State enlists auditor's subpoena power to investigate Hawley|newspaper=Kansas City Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211142344/https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article222900205.html |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |url-status=live }} In February 2019, Ashcroft ended his investigation into Hawley, declaring that there was no evidence that Hawley or the AG's office had violated election law.{{Cite web|author=Jason Hancock|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article226917029.html|title=Ashcroft ends investigation of Josh Hawley, says he didn't violate election law|newspaper=Kansas City Star|date=February 28, 2019}}

In 2023, following the failure of a bill related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment practices in Missouri Congress, Ashcroft utilized the powers of his office to set a rule requiring disclosure forms for utilization of ESG scores. The rule has been criticized as "anti-free market" by the Sierra Club, and the Chamber of Commerce described it as "vague" and "burdensome." The Missouri Secretary of State office's oversight over securities rules is unusual relative to other Secretary of State offices.{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Meg |date=2023-08-03 |title=Missouri's secretary of state reins in environmentally minded investing |url=http://kcbeacon.org/stories/2023/08/03/missouri-esg-rule-2023/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=The Beacon |language=en-US}}

Ashcroft's office hired campaign donors as independent counsel in a lawsuit challenging the rules.{{Cite web |last=Erickson |first=Kurt |date=2023-09-09 |title=Ashcroft hires campaign donor to defend lawsuit over investment rules |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/ashcroft-hires-campaign-donor-to-defend-lawsuit-over-investment-rules/article_ac5762a8-4e76-11ee-b4d2-db888783af21.html |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |language=en}} By January 2024, costs paid to firm Graves Garrett had exceeded $167,000.{{Cite web |last=Erickson |first=Kurt |date=2024-01-16 |title=Bill to defend Missouri's Jay Ashcroft in fight over 'anti-woke' investing rule tops $167,000 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/bill-to-defend-missouri-s-jay-ashcroft-in-fight-over-anti-woke-investing-rule-tops/article_49ac403a-b495-11ee-a98c-1777a7ffebc6.html |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=St. Louis Post Dispatch |language=en}} As attorney general Andrew Bailey declined requests to use the state Legal Expense Fund, the additional estimated costs of $1.2 million are contingent on approval from state congress.{{Cite web |last=Keller |first=Rudi |date=2024-01-24 |title=Jay Ashcroft seeks $1.2 million to defend anti-ESG investing rules in federal court • Missouri Independent |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2024/01/24/jay-ashcroft-seeks-1-2-million-to-defend-anti-esg-investing-rules-in-federal-court/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}

Ashcroft told the National Review that the bill is aimed to counter a Biden veto on federal ESG laws. The coordinated targeting of ESG practices are led by conservative lawyer Leonard Leo.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Jake |date=July 12, 2023 |title=Analysis Spotlights Leonard Leo's Role in Republican 'Crusade' Against ESG |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/leonard-leo-esg |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Common Dreams |language=en}}

As Secretary of State in 2022, Ashcroft proposed restrictions on materials available to minors in public libraries. The proposal details procedures and processes each library would be required to implement in order to continue receiving state funding. More than 10,000 comments were submitted in the 30-day public comment period, and library industry leaders and associations voiced their opposition.{{Cite web |last=Ritter |first=Sarah |date=December 16, 2022 |title=Missouri gets 10,000 public comments on new library rule labeled 'political censorship' |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/dec/16/missouri-gets-10000-public-comments-on-new-library/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=www.spokesman.com}} In response to backlash, Ashcroft described the state-wide rules as a move toward "local control" and said "I'm not the one making a big deal about this. It's the libraries."{{Cite web |last1=Kraske |first1=Steve |last2=David |first2=Raginald |last3=Perez |first3=Zach |date=December 14, 2022 |title=Missouri Secretary of State defends controversial library rule as critics warn of 'slippery slope' |url=https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-12-14/missouri-secretary-of-state-defends-controversial-library-rules-as-critics-warn-of-slippery-slope |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City |language=en}}

The implementation of Ashcroft's rule has been described as "mass confusion" for libraries as they attempt to comply with restrictions that could be interpreted broadly.{{Cite news |last=Bayless |first=Kacen |date=May 31, 2023 |title='Mass confusion.' Rule threatening MO library funding over 'obscene' books takes effect |work=Kansas City Star |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article275918911.html}}

After Missouri voters voted in favor of Medicaid expansion, Ashcroft applauded efforts by Republicans in the Missouri legislature to block funding for Medicaid expansion.{{Cite news|author=Jeanne Kuang |date=March 26, 2021|title=Missouri Republicans block funds for voter-approved Medicaid expansion|work=Kansas City Star|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article250170945.html}}

Ashcroft has stated appreciation for veterans. In 2024, his response to a candidate forum question about supporting veterans and active military personnel was criticized for suggesting the removal of veterans' benefits.{{Cite web |last=Hancock |first=Jason |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Jay Ashcroft draws bipartisan attacks over comments about veterans benefits • Missouri Independent |url=https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/jay-ashcroft-draws-bipartisan-attacks-over-comments-about-veterans-benefits/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}

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