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MO Rev Stat § 115.293 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.293 - Absentee ballots not eligible to be counted, when, procedure.

Effective - 01 Jan 2018, 2 histories   115.293. Absentee ballots not eligible to be counted, when, procedure. — 1. All proper votes on each absentee ballot received by an election authority at or before the time fixed by law for the closing of the polls on election day shall be counted. Except as provided in section 115.920, no votes on any absentee ballot received by an election authority after the time fixed by law for the closing of the polls on election day shall be counted.  2. If sufficient evidence is shown to an election authority that any absentee voter has died prior to the opening of the polls on election day, the ballot of the deceased voter shall be rejected if it is still sealed in the ballot envelope. Any ballot so rejected, still sealed in its ballot envelope, shall be sealed with the application and any other papers connected therewith in an envelope marked "Rejected ballot of ______, an absentee voter of ______ voting district". The reason for rejection shall be noted on the envelope, which shall be kept by the election authority with the other ballots from the election until the ballots are destroyed according to law. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 9.045, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1480) Effective 1-01-18
MO Rev Stat § 115.294 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.294 - Reason for voting absentee not stated on ballot envelope, effect.

Effective - 04 May 1989   115.294. Reason for voting absentee not stated on ballot envelope, effect. — Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no absentee ballot shall be rejected for failure of the voter to state on the ballot envelope his reason for voting an absentee ballot. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 884 § 1)  Effective 5-04-89
MO Rev Stat § 115.295 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.295 - Faulty statement, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   115.295. Faulty statement, effect of. — 1. As each absentee ballot is received by the election authority, the election authority shall indicate its receipt on the list.  2. If the statements on any ballot envelope have not been completed, the absentee ballot in the envelope shall be rejected.  3. All ballot envelopes received by the election authority shall be kept together in a safe place and shall not be opened except as provided in this subchapter. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 9.050, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234)
MO Rev Stat § 115.297 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.297 - Precinct registers to show absentee ballots received — judges to be notified of late absentee ballots received — voting absentee and at polls, procedure for.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   115.297. Precinct registers to show absentee ballots received — judges to be notified of late absentee ballots received — voting absentee and at polls, procedure for. — Before the precinct registers are delivered to the polling places for an election, the election authority shall record in the precinct registers those voters who have submitted an absentee ballot and are ineligible to vote at the polls. On election day, the election authority shall notify the appropriate election judges of any absentee ballot received by the election authority not previously recorded in a precinct register. The election authority shall record the fact in the appropriate precinct register and shall not allow any person who has voted an absentee ballot in the election to vote at the polls on election day. After the election and before convening the verification board, the election authority shall record in the precinct registers those voters whose absentee ballots were received too late to permit previous recording in the precinct registers. If it is determined that any voter submitted an absentee ballot and voted at the polls on election day, the election authority shall certify the fact and the name of the voter to the verification board. Such certificate shall be included with the abstracts drawn by the verification board. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 9.055, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 115.299 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.299 - Absentee ballots, how counted.

Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 3 histories   115.299. Absentee ballots, how counted. — 1. To count absentee votes on election day, the election authority shall appoint a sufficient number of teams of election judges comprised of an equal number of judges from each major political party.  2. The teams so appointed shall meet on election day after the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls at a central location designated by the election authority. The election authority shall deliver the absentee ballots to the teams, and shall maintain a record of the delivery. The record shall include the number of ballots delivered to each team and shall include a signed receipt from two judges, one from each major political party. The election authority shall provide each team with a ballot box, tally sheets and statements of returns as are provided to a polling place.  3. Each team shall count votes on all absentee ballots designated by the election authority.  4. To process absentee ballots in envelopes, one member of each team, closely observed by another member of the team from a different political party, shall open each envelope and call the voter's name in a clear voice. Without unfolding the ballot, two team members, one from each major political party, shall initial the ballot, and an election judge shall place the ballot, still folded, in a ballot box. No ballot box shall be opened until all of the ballots a team is counting have been placed in the box. The votes shall be tallied and the returns made as provided in sections 115.447 to 115.525 for paper ballots. After the votes on all ballots assigned to a team have been counted, the ballots and ballot envelopes shall be enclosed in sealed containers marked "voted absentee ballots and ballot envelopes from the election held ____, 20___". All rejected absentee ballots and envelopes shall be enclosed and sealed in a separate container marked "rejected absentee ballots and envelopes from the election held ____, 20 ____". On the outside of each voted ballot and rejected ballot container, each member of the team shall write his or her name, and all such containers shall be returned to the election authority. Upon receipt of the returns and ballots, the election authority shall tabulate the absentee vote along with the votes certified from each polling place in its jurisdiction. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 9.060, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1480, A.L. 2018 S.B. 592)  Effective 11-07-18
MO Rev Stat § 115.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.300 - Preparation of absentee ballot envelopes, when, by whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   115.300. Preparation of absentee ballot envelopes, when, by whom. — In each jurisdiction, the election authority may start, not earlier than the fifth day prior to the election, the preparation of absentee ballots for tabulation on the election day. The election authority shall give notice to the county chairman of each major political party forty-eight hours prior to beginning preparation of absentee ballot envelopes. Absentee ballot preparation shall be completed by teams of election authority employees or teams of election judges, with each team consisting of one member from each major political party. ­­-------- (L. 1978 S.B. 582, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 1997 H.B. 712, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
MO Rev Stat § 115.303 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.303 - Absentee ballot, how challenged.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.303. Absentee ballot, how challenged. — Any absentee ballot or any vote on an absentee ballot may be challenged by the same persons and in the same manner as provided in section 115.429. Each challenge shall be decided in the manner provided in the same section. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 9.070)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.304 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.304 - Absentee voting violations, class one election offense.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   115.304. Absentee voting violations, class one election offense. — Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any violation of sections 115.275 to 115.303 shall be a class one election offense. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 234)
MO Rev Stat § 115.307 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.307 - Nominations, how made.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.307. Nominations, how made. — Political parties and groups of voters may nominate candidates in the manner provided by this subchapter and in no other manner. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.005)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.308 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.308 - Inapplicability of sections 115.307 to 115.405, when.

Effective - 08 Apr 2015   *115.308. Inapplicability of sections 115.307 to 115.405, when. — Sections 115.307 to 115.405 shall not apply to candidates for special district offices; township offices in township organization counties; or city, town, and village offices. ­­-------- (L. 2015 H.B. 63 merged with S.B. 104)  *Effective 4-08-15 (H.B. 63); 8-28-15 (S.B. 104). H.B. 63 was vetoed 4-03-15. The veto was overridden on 4-08-15.
MO Rev Stat § 115.309 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.309 - New parties, names of.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.309. New parties, names of. — 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, no political party hereafter organized and no persons hereafter seeking to nominate any candidate by petition shall use any portion of the name of any existing political party.  2. If a new party is formed for more than one district or county at the same time and with the same provisional party chairman, the same name may be used for the party in each such district or county.  3. Any political party established in a district or county may, by a majority vote of its committee members, authorize the use of its name in other districts and counties, and in the state as a whole. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.010)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.311 - Consistent general law to apply to primary elections.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.311. Consistent general law to apply to primary elections. — All provisions of law not inconsistent with this subchapter shall apply with full force and effect to primary elections. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.015)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.313 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.313 - Petitions to form new party or nominate independent candidates, who may sign.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.313. Petitions to form new party or nominate independent candidates, who may sign. — Any person who is a registered voter of the state of Missouri may sign a petition for the formation of a new political party or for the nomination of an independent candidate for office. Any person who signs a name other than his own to any petition or knowingly signs his name more than once to the same petition or who knows he is not a registered voter at the time of signing such petition, or any officer or person willfully violating any provision of this subchapter, shall be guilty of a class two election offense. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.025)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.315 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.315 - New political party, how formed — citation of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   115.315. New political party, how formed — citation of law. — 1. Sections 115.315 to 115.327 shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Ballot Access Act".  2. Any group of persons desiring to form a new political party throughout the state, or for any congressional district, state senate district, state representative district or circuit judge district, shall file a petition with the secretary of state. Any group of persons desiring to form a new party for any county shall file a petition with the election authority of the county.  3. Each page or a sheet attached to each page of each petition for the formation of a new political party shall:  (1) Declare concisely the intention to form a new political party in the state, district or county;  (2) State in not more than five words the name of the proposed party;  (3) Give a complete list of the names and addresses, including the street and number, of the chairman and treasurer of the party.  4. When submitted for filing, each petition shall contain the names and addresses of two people, not candidates, to serve as provisional chairman and treasurer for the party in the event the party becomes a new political party.  5. If the new party is to be formed for the entire state, which shall include being formed for all districts and counties in which the party has nominations so listed on its certified list of candidates required pursuant to section 115.327, then this statewide petition shall be signed by at least ten thousand registered voters of the state obtained at large.  6. If the new party is to be formed for any district or county, but not by the statewide method set out in subsection 5 of this section, then the petition shall be signed by the number of registered voters in the district or county which is equal to at least two percent of the total number of voters who voted at the last election for candidates for the office being sought or is equal to ten thousand voters, whichever is less. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.030, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1236)
MO Rev Stat § 115.317 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.317 - Filing valid petition, effect — new party — failure in two consecutive elections to provide candidates, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   115.317. Filing valid petition, effect — new party — failure in two consecutive elections to provide candidates, effect. — 1. The filing of a valid statewide petition shall constitute the political group a new party for the purpose of placing its name and the names of its statewide and district and county candidates which are submitted pursuant to section 115.327 on the ballot at the next general election or the special election if the petition nominates a candidate to fill a vacancy which is to be filled at a special election. The filing of a valid countywide or district wide petition shall constitute the political party a new party for the purpose of placing its name and the names of its county and district candidates on the ballot at the next general election or the special election if the petition nominates a candidate to fill a vacancy which is to be filled at a special election. If presidential electors are nominated by the petition, the names of the candidates for elector shall not be placed on the official ballot, but the name of their candidate for president and the name of their candidate for vice president shall be placed on the official ballot at the next presidential election.  2. If, at an election in which the new party's candidates first appear, any of its candidates for a statewide office receives more than two percent of all votes cast for the office, the new party shall become an established political party for the state. If, at the election in which the new party's candidates first appear, any of its candidates for an office receives more than two percent of the votes cast for the office in any district or county, the new party shall become an established political party only for the district or county.  3. If, after becoming an established political party for the state, at any two consecutive elections a party fails to have a statewide candidate or fails to poll for a candidate for any statewide office more than two percent of the entire vote cast for the office, a party shall no longer be deemed an established political party. If, after becoming an established political party for a district or county, at any two consecutive elections a party fails to have a candidate in the district or county, as the case may be, or fails to poll more than two percent of the entire vote cast at either of the last two elections in which the district or political subdivision voted as a unit for the election of officers or representatives to serve its areas, the party shall no longer be deemed an established political party. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.035, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
MO Rev Stat § 115.319 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.319 - New party committeemen and committeewomen, how selected.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.319. New party committeemen and committeewomen, how selected. — 1. If any new party becomes an established political party, the new party candidates whose names first appeared on the ballot shall have authority to select all committeemen and committeewomen necessary for a provisional party organization in the area in which the party has become established.  2. The provisional party organization shall be subject to the same laws which apply to other established political party organizations.  3. The provisional party organization shall manage and control the affairs of the party until the next primary election at which the party shall nominate and elect party committeemen and committeewomen in the area it has become established under the laws governing other established political parties. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.040)  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 115.321 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.321 - Independent candidate, how nominated.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   115.321. Independent candidate, how nominated. — 1. Any person desiring to be an independent candidate for any office to be filled by voters throughout the state, or for any congressional district, state senate district, state representative district, or circuit judge district, shall file a petition with the secretary of state. Any person desiring to be an independent candidate for any county office shall file a petition with the election authority of the county.  2. Each page or a sheet attached to each page of each petition for the nomination of an independent candidate shall:  (1) Declare concisely the intention to nominate an independent candidate;  (2) State the name and address, including street and number, of the independent candidate. If independent candidates for presidential elector are to be nominated, a number of independent candidates for presidential elector equal to the number of electors to which the state is entitled shall be nominated by one petition, and the name of their candidate for president and the name of their candidate for vice president shall be printed on each page or a sheet attached to each page of the petition. At least one qualified resident of each congressional district shall be named as a nominee for presidential elector, and the name and address of each candidate shall be printed on each page or a sheet attached to each page of the petition. The names of the candidates for president and vice president shall not be printed on the official ballot without the written consent of such persons. Their written consent shall accompany and be deemed part of the petition;  (3) State the office for which candidate is to be nominated.  3. If an independent candidate is to be nominated for a statewide office, the petition shall be signed by at least ten thousand registered voters of the state.  4. If the independent candidate is to be nominated for a district or county office, the petition shall be signed by the number of registered voters in the district or county which is equal to at least two percent of the total number of voters who voted at the last election for candidates for the office being sought or is equal to ten thousand voters, whichever is less.  5. The name of each person who files a valid petition for nomination as an independent candidate shall be placed on the official ballot as an independent candidate for the office at the next general election or the special election if the petition nominates a candidate to fill a vacancy which is to be filled at a special election. If presidential electors are nominated by the petition, the names of the candidates for elector shall not be placed on the official ballot, but the name of their candidate for president and the name of their candidate for vice president shall be placed on the official ballot at the next presidential election. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.045, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31)
MO Rev Stat § 115.323 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.323 - Limitation on voter's signing of nominating petition.

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   115.323. Limitation on voter's signing of nominating petition. — No voter may subscribe to more than one nomination for one office at any election. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.047)  Effective 1-01-78