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MO Rev Stat § 115.397 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.397 - Voter may receive only one party ballot — voters not wishing a party ballot may vote for independents and on all propositions and questions.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.397. Voter may receive only one party ballot — voters not wishing a party ballot may vote for independents and on all propositions and questions. — In each primary election, each voter shall be entitled to receive the ballot of one and only one political party, designated by the voter before receiving his ballot. Each voter who participates in a party primary shall be entitled to vote on all questions and for any nonpartisan candidates submitted by political subdivisions and special districts at the primary election. Each voter who does not wish to participate in a party primary may vote on all questions and for any nonpartisan candidates submitted by a political subdivision or special district at the primary election. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.185)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.399 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.399 - Presidential and vice-presidential candidates, when certified to secretary of state — declaration of candidacy of presidential electors, form of.

Effective - 13 Jun 1996   115.399. Presidential and vice-presidential candidates, when certified to secretary of state — declaration of candidacy of presidential electors, form of. — 1. Not later than the twelfth Tuesday prior to each presidential election, or notwithstanding any prior laws to the contrary, in the year 1996 and thereafter, within seven working days after choosing its nominees for president and vice president of the United States, whichever is later, the state committee of each established political party shall certify in writing to the secretary of state the names of its nominees for president and vice president of the United States.  2. Not later than the third Tuesday prior to each presidential election, the state committee of each established political party shall certify in writing to the secretary of state the names of its nominees for presidential elector. At least one qualified resident of each congressional district shall be named as a nominee for presidential elector by each state committee, and the number of nominees for presidential elector named by each state committee shall equal the number to which the state is entitled.  3. When submitted for filing, each certification made by a state committee pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 of this section shall be accompanied by a declaration of candidacy for each candidate for presidential elector. Each declaration of candidacy shall state the candidate's full name, residence address, office for which such person proposes to be a candidate and that if elected the person will qualify. Each such declaration shall be in substantially the following form:   I, ______, a resident of the ______ congressional district and the state of Missouri do announce myself a candidate for the office of presidential elector from the ______ congressional district (state at large) on the ______ ticket, to be voted for at the presidential election to be held on the ______ day of ______, 20______, and I further declare that if nominated and elected to such office I will qualify.    __________________    Subscribed and sworn    Signature of candidate  to before me this      ______ day of      ______, 20______.    __________________     __________________     Residence address  Signature of election      official or officer      authorized to      administer oaths   ­­Each such declaration shall be subscribed and sworn to by the candidate before the election official receiving the certification, a notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.190, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489)  Effective 6-13-96
MO Rev Stat § 115.401 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.401 - General election candidates, list to be sent to election authorities, when.

Effective - 13 Jun 1996   115.401. General election candidates, list to be sent to election authorities, when. — Not later than the tenth Tuesday prior to each general election, the secretary of state shall send to each election authority a certified list containing the name and address of each person who has filed a declaration of candidacy in the secretary of state's office and is entitled to be voted for at the general election, together with a statement of the office for which such person is a candidate and the party such person represents or that such person is an independent candidate. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.195, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489)  Effective 6-13-96
MO Rev Stat § 115.403 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.403 - Forms to be prepared by secretary of state, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.403. Forms to be prepared by secretary of state, when. — Not later than May first prior to each primary election, the secretary of state shall prepare all forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. The forms shall be substantially followed in all primary elections. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.200)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.405 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.405 - False swearing a class one offense.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.405. False swearing a class one offense. — Any person making a sworn statement, affidavit or declaration of candidacy required by this subchapter who swears falsely or signs such document knowing the statements therein are untrue shall be deemed guilty of a class one election offense. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.205)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.407 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.407 - Polls, hours to be open.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.407. Polls, hours to be open. — The election judges shall open the polls at six o'clock in the morning and keep them open until seven o'clock in the evening. At seven o'clock in the evening, all voters at the polls, including any in line to vote, shall be permitted to vote. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.001)  Effective 1-01-78  (2000) Circuit judge lacked jurisdiction to extend voting hours. State ex rel. Bush-Cheney 2000, Inc. v. Baker, 34 S.W.3d 410 (Mo.App.E.D.).  (2016) Section setting voting hours could not be constitutionally applied to voters in general municipal election who could not vote during specified hours due to unavailability of ballots, where bipartisan election authorities requested extension of hours and no other adequate remedy existed. Board of Election Comm'rs v. McShane, 492 S.W.3d 177 (Mo.App.E.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 115.409 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.409 - Who may be admitted to polling place.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   115.409. Who may be admitted to polling place. — Except election authority personnel, election judges, watchers and challengers appointed pursuant to section 115.105 or 115.107, law enforcement officials at the request of election officials or in the line of duty, minor children under the age of eighteen accompanying an adult who is in the process of voting, international observers who have registered as such with the election authority, persons designated by the election authority to administer a simulated youth election for persons ineligible to vote because of their age, members of the news media who present identification satisfactory to the election judges and who are present only for the purpose of bona fide news coverage except as provided in subdivision (18) of section 115.637, provided that such coverage does not disclose how any voter cast the voter's ballot on any question or candidate or in the case of a primary election on which party ballot they voted or does not interfere with the general conduct of the election as determined by the election judges or election authority, and registered voters who are eligible to vote at the polling place, no person shall be admitted to a polling place. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.005, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675)
MO Rev Stat § 115.411 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.411 - Election authority to provide polling booths.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.411. Election authority to provide polling booths. — For each polling place in its jurisdiction, the election authority shall provide a sufficient number of voting booths, equipped and supplied so voters can vote conveniently and in secret. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.010)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.413 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.413 - Secretary of state to furnish election authorities election laws pamphlets, each polling place to have a copy — instructions to election judges may be furnished.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.413. Secretary of state to furnish election authorities election laws pamphlets, each polling place to have a copy — instructions to election judges may be furnished. — 1. Not later than the tenth day prior to each presidential election, and more often if necessary, the secretary of state shall furnish to each election authority a sufficient number of printed pamphlets containing the provisions of the constitution and laws of the state relating to elections. Each election authority shall carefully preserve the pamphlets in its office. At least one copy shall be provided by each election authority to each polling place in its jurisdiction at each election. After each election, all such pamphlets shall be returned to the office of the election authority with the election supplies.  2. The secretary of state may also publish instructions to election judges for distribution by election authorities to election judges. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.013)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.415 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.415 - Necessary equipment to be delivered to polls by election authority.

Effective - 20 May 1982   115.415. Necessary equipment to be delivered to polls by election authority. — Before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls, the election authority shall deliver to the authorized election officials or to the polling place the appropriate ballots, ballot boxes, precinct registers, voting booths, voting machines and all other supplies, material and equipment necessary and appropriate for the polling place. The election authority shall make and preserve a record of each delivery. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.015, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526)  Effective 5-20-82
MO Rev Stat § 115.417 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.417 - Voter instruction cards to be delivered to polls — instructions and sample ballot to be posted, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   115.417. Voter instruction cards to be delivered to polls — instructions and sample ballot to be posted, how. — 1. Before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls, the election authority shall deliver to each polling place a sufficient number of voter instruction cards which include the following information: if paper ballots or an electronic voting system is used, the instructions shall inform the voter on how to obtain a ballot for voting, how to vote and prepare the ballot for deposit in the ballot box and how to obtain a new ballot to replace one accidentally spoiled.  2. The election authority at each polling place shall post in a conspicuous place voting instructions on a poster no smaller than twenty-four inches by thirty inches. Such instructions shall also inform the voter that the electronic voting equipment can be demonstrated upon request of the voter. The election authority shall also publicly post during the period of time in which a person may cast an absentee ballot and on election day a sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election, the date of the election, the hours during which the polling place will be open, instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters, general information on voting rights in accordance with the state plan filed by the secretary of state pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, general information on the right to cast a provisional ballot and instructions for provisional ballots, how to contact appropriate authorities if voting rights have been violated, and general information on federal and Missouri law regarding prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation. The secretary of state may promulgate rules to execute this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to chapter 536.  3. The secretary of state may develop multilingual voting instructions to be made available to election authorities. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.020, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2003, H.B. 511, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)
MO Rev Stat § 115.419 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.419 - Sample ballots, cards to be delivered to the polls, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   115.419. Sample ballots, cards to be delivered to the polls, when. — Before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls, the election authority shall deliver to each polling place a sufficient number of sample ballots and ballot cards which shall be a different color but otherwise exact copies of the official ballot. The samples shall be printed in the form of a diagram, showing the form of the ballot or the front of the marking device or voting machine as it will appear on election day. The secretary of state may develop multilingual sample ballots to be made available to election authorities. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.025, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
MO Rev Stat § 115.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.420 - Butterfly ballot prohibited, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   115.420. Butterfly ballot prohibited, exceptions. — 1. An election authority shall not use a butterfly ballot unless the secretary of state provides written approval to the election authority for the use of a butterfly ballot in the particular election.  2. For purposes of this section, "butterfly ballot" means a ballot where two ballot pages are used side by side and where voters must vote on candidates or issues on both sides of the pages. ­­-------- (L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)
MO Rev Stat § 115.421 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.421 - Duties of election judges to be performed prior to opening of the polls.

Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories   115.421. Duties of election judges to be performed prior to opening of the polls. — Before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls, the election judges shall:  (1) Set up the voting equipment, arrange the furniture, supplies and records and make all other arrangements necessary to open the polls at the time fixed by law;  (2) Post a voter instruction card in each voting booth or machine and in at least one other conspicuous place within the polling place and post a sample ballot in a conspicuous place near the voting booths;  (3) Certify the number of ballots received at each polling place. In each polling place using voting machines, the election judges shall, in lieu of certifying the number of ballots received, certify the number on each voting machine received at the polling place, the number on the seal of each voting machine, the number on the protective counter of each voting machine and that all recording counters on all voting machines at the polling place are set at zero. If a recording counter on any voting machine is not set at zero, the election judges shall immediately notify the election authority and proceed as it directs;  (4) Compare the ballot, ballot label or ballot card and ballot label with the sample ballots, see that the names, numbers and letters agree and certify thereto in the tally book. If the names, numbers or letters do not agree, the election judges shall immediately notify the election authority and proceed as it directs; and  (5) Sign the tally book in the manner provided in the form for tally books in section 115.461 or 115.473. If any election judge, challenger or watcher has not been previously sworn as the law directs, he or she shall take and subscribe the oath of his or her office as provided in section 115.091 or 115.109, and the oath shall be returned to the election authority with the tally book. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.030, A.L. 2018 S.B. 592 merged with S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision) Effective 8-28-18 (S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision); 11-07-18 (S.B. 592)
MO Rev Stat § 115.423 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.423 - Ballot box, procedure for handling.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   115.423. Ballot box, procedure for handling. — Not more than one hour before the voting begins, the election judges shall open the ballot box and show to all present that it is empty. The ballot box shall then be locked and the key kept by one of the election judges. The ballot box shall not be opened or removed from public view from the time it is shown to be empty until the polls close or until the ballot box is delivered for counting pursuant to section 115.451. If voting machines are used, the election judges shall call attention to the counter on the face of each voting machine and show to all present that it is set at zero. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.035, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
MO Rev Stat § 115.425 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.425 - Name must be on precinct register to be eligible to vote, exception.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.425. Name must be on precinct register to be eligible to vote, exception. — Except as provided in subsection 2 of section 115.277, the election judges shall allow no person to vote whose name does not appear in the precinct register without the express sanction of the election authority. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.040)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.429 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.429 - Person not allowed to vote — complaint may be filed — voter may be required to sign affidavit, when — false affidavit a class one offense.

Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories   115.429. Person not allowed to vote — complaint may be filed — voter may be required to sign affidavit, when — false affidavit a class one offense. — 1. The election judges shall not permit any person to vote unless satisfied that such person is the person whose name appears on the precinct register.  2. The identity or qualifications of any person offering to vote may be challenged by any election authority personnel, any registered voter, or any duly authorized challenger at the polling place. No person whose right to vote is challenged shall receive a ballot until his or her identity and qualifications have been established.  3. Any question of doubt concerning the identity or qualifications of a voter shall be decided by a majority of the judges from the major political parties. If such election judges decide not to permit a person to vote because of doubt as to his or her identity or qualifications, the person may apply to the election authority as provided in section 115.193 or file a complaint with the elections division of the secretary of state's office under and pursuant to section 115.219.  4. If the election judges cannot reach a decision on the identity or qualifications of any person, the question shall be decided by the election authority.  5. The election judges or the election authority may require any person whose right to vote is challenged to execute an affidavit affirming his or her qualifications. The election authority shall furnish to the election judges a sufficient number of blank affidavits of qualification, and the election judges shall enter any appropriate information or comments under the title "Remarks" which shall appear at the bottom of the affidavit. All executed affidavits of qualification shall be returned to the election authority with the other election supplies. Any person who makes a false affidavit of qualification shall be guilty of a class one election offense. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.050, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2018 S.B. 592 merged with S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)  Effective 8-28-18 (S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision); 11-07-18 (S.B. 592)
MO Rev Stat § 115.431 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.431 - Identification certificates to be initialed by judges and preserved as poll lists.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   115.431. Identification certificates to be initialed by judges and preserved as poll lists. — Upon satisfactory identification of the voter, two judges of different political parties shall place their initials on the line where the voter signed the precinct register or, if electronic pollbooks are used, two judges of different political parties shall make the appropriate mark on the pollbook. The computerized or paper precinct register shall then constitute the poll list. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.055, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)
MO Rev Stat § 115.433 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.433 - Judges to initial paper ballots, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   115.433. Judges to initial paper ballots, when. — After the voter's identification certificate has been initialed, two judges of different political parties, or one judge from a major political party and one judge with no political affiliation, shall, where paper ballots are used, initial the voter's ballot or ballot card. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.060, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
MO Rev Stat § 115.435 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.435 - Voter to proceed to voting booth, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.435. Voter to proceed to voting booth, when. — After initialing the voter's identification certificate and after completing any procedures required by section 115.433, the election judges shall allow the voter to proceed to the voting booth and vote. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.070)  Effective 1-01-78