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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.593 - New election ordered, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.593. New election ordered, when. —
If the court or legislative body trying a contested election determines there were irregularities of sufficient magnitude to cast doubt on the validity of the initial election, it may order a new election for the contested office or on the contested question. The order shall set the date of the election and shall be sent by the clerk of the court or the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house of representatives, as the case may be, to each election authority responsible for conducting the special election. In its order, the court or legislative body shall specify the name of each candidate for the office to be voted on at the special election, or the ballot title of the question to be voted on at the special election, and the election shall be conducted and the votes counted as in other elections. Notice of the election shall be given in such manner as the court or legislative body directs. The person receiving the highest number of votes at the special election shall be deemed elected and entitled to assume office, or the question submitted at the special election shall be deemed approved if a majority of the votes at the special election are cast in favor of the question.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.430)
Effective 1-01-78
(1989) Because voting by unqualified voters is an irregularity examined by the court in conducting a recount, it follows that such an irregularity may be considered in determining whether a new election should be ordered. When a number of voters are found to be disqualified and that number equals or exceeds the margin of the apparent victor, there are "irregularities of sufficient magnitude to cast doubt on the validity of the initial election." (Mo. banc) Marre v. Reed, 775 S.W.2d 951.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.595 - Person holding certificate of election to hold office pending outcome — question shall be deemed decided as shown by returns pending outcome.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.595. Person holding certificate of election to hold office pending outcome — question shall be deemed decided as shown by returns pending outcome. —
1. In each case of a pending election contest for an office, the person holding the certificate of election may qualify and take the office at the time specified by law and exercise the duties of the office until the contest has been decided. If the contest is decided against the contestee, the court or legislative body trying the contest shall make an order for him to give up the office to the person determined to be entitled to the office and to deliver to such person all books, records, papers, property and effects pertaining to the office. The court or legislative body trying the contest may enforce the order by attachment or other proper process. If for any reason the person determined to be entitled to the office does not or cannot take office, a vacancy shall exist to be filled in the manner provided by law.
2. In each case of a pending election contest on a question, the question shall be deemed approved or disapproved as shown by the official returns of the election until the contest is decided. When the contest is decided, the question shall be deemed approved or disapproved in accordance with the decision as of the day the contest is decided, or as of the day it would otherwise have been deemed approved or disapproved, whichever is later.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.435)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.597 - Appeal from circuit court decisions allowed, procedure for.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.597. Appeal from circuit court decisions allowed, procedure for. —
In all cases of contested elections, except contested elections heard by the supreme court or the state senate or house of representatives, the right of appeal shall exist, and appeals may be taken in the same time or manner and to the same courts as is provided by law for appeals in cases in equity. The practice and procedure prescribed in civil actions shall be followed in all respects not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 115.553 to 115.583. Upon the filing of any such appeal, the court shall give the case preference in the order of hearing to all other cases and modify its rules to the extent necessary to conclude the appeal as quickly as possible. In every case of such appeal, a bond with sufficient sureties conditioned for the payment of the costs accrued and to accrue in the cause may be required by any court in which the case is pending.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.440)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.599 - Parties may subpoena witnesses and take depositions.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.599. Parties may subpoena witnesses and take depositions. —
In all cases of contested elections, primary and other, the contestant and the contestee shall be allowed process for witnesses, and either party may take depositions, as in civil cases, to be read as evidence at the trial, as is authorized in civil cases. All such depositions shall be filed before the trial is commenced, and may be read in evidence no matter where the witnesses reside.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.445)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.600 - Recount or new election, procedure — petition by election authority.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
115.600. Recount or new election, procedure — petition by election authority. —
The election authority, if convinced that errors of omission or commission have occurred on the part of the election authority, election judges, or any election personnel in the conduct of an election, may petition the circuit court for a recount or a new election and the court is authorized to order a new election if the evidence provided demonstrates that the irregularities were sufficient to cast doubt on the outcome of the election.
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(L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
(1990) Remedies available to the Board are limited to filing a petition for a recount. Circuit court was without jurisdiction to order a new election. (Mo.banc) Board of Election Commissioners of St. Louis County v. Knipp, 784 S.W.2d 797.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.603 - Committees each established party shall maintain.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Jul 2016, 2 histories, see footnote
115.603. Committees each established party shall maintain. —
Each established political party shall have a state committee, a congressional district committee for each congressional district in the state, a judicial district committee for each circuit judge district in the state not subject to the provisions of Article V, Section 25 of the state constitution, a senatorial district committee for each senatorial district in the state, a legislative district committee for each legislative district in the state and a county committee for each county in the state, except any city not within a county which shall have a city committee in lieu of a county committee.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.001, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786)
Effective 7-07-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.605 - Purpose of committee.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.605. Purpose of committee. —
Each party committee shall be selected as provided in this subchapter for the purpose of representing and acting for the party in the interim between party conventions.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.005)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.609 - County or city committee members, when elected (St. Louis City and County).

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Jul 2016, 2 histories, see footnote
115.609. County or city committee members, when elected (St. Louis City and County). —
In each city not situated in a county and in each county which has over nine hundred thousand inhabitants, all members of the county or city committee shall be elected at the primary election immediately preceding each gubernatorial election and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. In each other county, all members of the county committee shall be elected at each primary election and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.015, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786)
Effective 7-07-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.611 - County or city committee members, filing fees.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Jul 2016, 2 histories, see footnote
115.611. County or city committee members, filing fees. —
1. Except as provided in subsection 4 of section 115.613, any registered voter of the county or a city not within a county may have such voter's name printed on the primary ballot of such voter's party as a candidate for county or city committeeman or committeewoman by filing a declaration of candidacy in the office of the county or city election authority and by paying any filing fee required by subsection 2 of this section.
2. Before filing such candidate's declaration of candidacy, candidates for county or city committeeman or county or city committeewoman shall pay to the treasurer of such candidate's party's county or city committee, or submit to the county or city election authority to be forwarded to the treasurer of such candidate's party's committee, a certain sum of money, as follows:
(1) One hundred dollars if such candidate is a candidate for county or city committeeman or committeewoman in any county which has or hereafter has over nine hundred thousand inhabitants or in any city not situated in a county;
(2) Twenty-five dollars if such candidate is a candidate for county committeeman or committeewoman in any county of the first class containing the major portion of a city which has over three hundred thousand inhabitants; or
(3) Except as provided in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, no candidate for county committeeman or committeewoman shall be required to pay a filing fee.
3. Any person who cannot pay the fee to file as a candidate for county or city committeeman or committeewoman may have the fee waived by filing a declaration of inability to pay and a petition with the official with whom such candidate files such candidate's declaration of candidacy. The provisions of section 115.357 shall apply to all such declarations and petitions.
4. No person's name shall be printed on any official primary ballot as a candidate for county or city committeeman or committeewoman unless the person has filed a declaration of candidacy with the proper election authority not later than 5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday in March immediately preceding the primary election.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.020, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1477 merged with H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786)
Effective 7-07-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.613 - Committeeman and committeewoman, how selected — tie vote, effect of — if no person elected a vacancy created — single candidate, effect.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Jul 2016, 2 histories, see footnote
115.613. Committeeman and committeewoman, how selected — tie vote, effect of — if no person elected a vacancy created — single candidate, effect. —
1. Except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, the qualified man and woman receiving the highest number of votes from each committee district for committeeman and committeewoman of a party shall be members of the county or city committee of the party.
2. If two or more qualified persons receive an equal number of votes for county or city committeeman or committeewoman of a party and a higher number of votes than any other qualified person from the party, a vacancy shall exist on the county or city committee which shall be filled by a majority of the committee in the manner provided in section 115.617.
3. If no qualified person is elected county or city committeeman or committeewoman from a committee district for a party, a vacancy shall exist on the county or city committee which shall be filled by a majority of the committee in the manner provided in section 115.617.
4. The provisions of this subsection shall apply only in any county or city where no filing fee is required for filing a declaration of candidacy for committeeman or committeewoman in a committee district. If only one qualified candidate has filed a declaration of candidacy for committeeman or committeewoman in a committee district for a party prior to the deadline established in this chapter, no election shall be held for committeeman or committeewoman in the committee district for that party and the election authority shall certify the qualified candidate in the same manner and at the same time as candidates elected pursuant to subsection 1 of this section are certified. If no qualified candidate files for committeeman or committeewoman in a committee district for a party, no election shall be held and a vacancy shall exist on the county or city committee which shall be filled by a majority of the committee in the manner provided in section 115.617.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.025, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1477 merged with H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1342 merged with S.B. 675, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786)
Effective 7-07-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.615 - County committee to meet and organize, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
115.615. County committee to meet and organize, when. —
In years when a primary election is held pursuant to subsection 2 of section 115.121, each county committee shall meet at the county seat on the third Tuesday of August. In each city not situated in a county, the city committee shall meet on the same day at such place within the city as the chair of the current city committee may designate. In all counties of the first, second and third classification the county courthouse shall be made available for such meetings and any other county political party meeting at no charge to the party committees. At the meeting, each committee shall organize by electing one of its members as chair and one of its members as vice chair, a man and a woman, and a secretary and a treasurer, a man and a woman, who may or may not be members of the committee. The county chair and vice chair so elected shall by virtue thereof become members of the party congressional, senatorial and judicial committees of the district of which their county is a part.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.030, A.L. 1997 H.B. 41, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.617 - Vacancy, how filled.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Jul 2016, 2 histories, see footnote
115.617. Vacancy, how filled. —
Whenever a member of any county or city committee dies, resigns, or ceases to be a registered voter of or a resident of the county or a city not within a county or the committee district from which he is elected, a vacancy shall exist on the committee. A majority of the committee shall elect another person to fill the vacancy who, for one year next before his election, shall have been both a registered voter of and a resident of the county or city and the committee district. The person selected to fill the vacancy shall serve the remainder of the vacated term.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.035, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1987 H.B. 384 Revision, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786)
Effective 7-07-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.619 - Composition of legislative, congressional, senatorial, and judicial district committees.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Jul 2016, 2 histories, see footnote
115.619. Composition of legislative, congressional, senatorial, and judicial district committees. —
1. A legislative district committee shall consist of the precinct, ward, or township committeeman and committeewoman from such precincts, wards, or townships included in whole or in part of the legislative district. There shall be elected from the membership of each legislative district committee a chairman and a vice chairman, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, and each legislative district at the same time shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, one of whom shall be a woman and one of whom shall be a man, but who may or may not be members of the legislative district committee. Party state committees may provide for voting by proxy and for weighted or fractional voting.
2. The congressional, senatorial, or judicial committee of a district which is composed of:
(1) One or more whole counties; or
(2) One or more whole counties and part of one or more counties;
­­shall consist of the county committee chair and vice chair of each county within the district and the committeeman and committeewoman of each legislative district committee within the district.
3. The congressional, senatorial, or judicial committee of a district which consists of:
(1) Parts of one or more counties;
(2) Part of a city not within the county;
(3) A whole city not within a county; or
(4) Part of a city not within a county and parts of one or more counties;
­­shall consist of the committeemen and committeewomen of the precinct, ward, or township included in whole or in part of the district and the chair and vice chair of each legislative district committee within the district in whole or in part.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.040, A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al., A.L. 1990 S.B. 862, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786)
Effective 7-07-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.620 - Proxy voting, requirements.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Jul 2016, see footnote
115.620. Proxy voting, requirements. —
Provisions for proxy voting for district committees organized under section 115.621 may be made by a political party. In the event that such provisions are not made, proxy voting shall only be allowed for legislative, congressional, senatorial, and judicial district committee meetings. In any event, a person may only serve as a proxy voter if such person is legally permitted to vote in the district in which the proxy resides.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786)
Effective 7-07-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.623 - State committee to meet and organize, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1995, see footnote
115.623. State committee to meet and organize, when. —
The members of the state committee elected as provided in section 115.621 shall meet at a time and place to be designated by the current state committee chairman. The meeting shall occur no earlier than two weeks following the election of members to the state committee. At the meeting, the committee shall organize by electing a chairman and a vice chairman, one of whom shall be a woman, and a secretary and a treasurer, one of whom shall be a woman, and who may or may not be members of the committee. In the event a vacancy shall occur in the office of chairman, a vacancy shall also be declared in the office of vice chairman and a new election shall be held for filling the vacancies of both chairman and vice chairman, one of whom shall be a woman.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.045, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1994 S.B. 650)
Effective 1-01-95
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.624 - State party committees may remove members, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
115.624. State party committees may remove members, when. —
The members of the state committee of a party may remove a member of such committee upon a two-thirds majority vote of all state committee members voting thereon. Upon certification to the secretary of state by the state committee that a two-thirds majority of its members have elected to remove a member, such member shall forfeit his or her office and a vacancy shall exist on said state committee.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 676 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.625 - Convention of delegates of established party authorized.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
115.625. Convention of delegates of established party authorized. —
The state committee of any established political party may, except as otherwise provided by law, call a convention of delegates to be apportioned, chosen or elected in such manner as it may prescribe for the purpose of nominating presidential electors, electing delegates to national conventions, electing members of national committees adopting or making declarations of party principles on national questions, and to do and perform any other act not inconsistent with the law.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.050, A.L. 1986 H.B. 879)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.627 - Constitution or bylaws of political committees authorized — how changed.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.627. Constitution or bylaws of political committees authorized — how changed. —
A party committee may adopt a constitution or bylaws or both. Such constitution or bylaws may have any provisions not in conflict with the laws of this state. Changes to such party rules may require no greater than a two-thirds vote of the total membership of a committee. Within a sixty-day period after the required committee organizational meeting following each primary election, any such constitution or bylaws may be changed or amended by a majority vote of the total membership of the committee.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.055)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.628 - Voter registration records — notification of registered voters of party affiliation opportunities — declaration of party affiliation.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022
115.628. Voter registration records — notification of registered voters of party affiliation opportunities — declaration of party affiliation. —
1. The secretary of state shall maintain voter registration records in accordance with the Missouri voter registration system defined under section 115.158.
2. Local election authorities shall notify registered voters of the political party affiliation opportunities of this section using all current election mailings that would otherwise be mailed to registered voters prior to January 1, 2025.
3. Beginning January 1, 2023, the voter registration application form shall be amended to include a choice of political party affiliation.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, beginning January 1, 2023, voters may declare political party affiliation during the voter check-in process at any election. Appropriate software shall be provided at voter check-in for political party affiliation so as to minimize later data entry for election authorities. If the election authority does not use electronic poll books, then a signed, written notice in substantially the same manner as a change of address application is filed under section 115.165 is adequate. The election authority shall process this initial political party registration through its normal means of administration.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all current processes for registering voters in the various counties shall remain in place.
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(L. 2022 H.B. 1878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.629 - Four classes of election offenses.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
115.629. Four classes of election offenses. —
There shall be four classes of election offenses consisting of all offenses arising under this chapter, and such other offenses as are specified by law.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 15.001, 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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.633 - Class two election offenses.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.633. Class two election offenses. —
The following offenses, and any others specifically so described by law, shall be class two election offenses and are deemed felonies not connected with the exercise of the right of suffrage. Conviction for any of these offenses shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than five years or by fine of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars but not more than ten thousand dollars or by both such imprisonment and fine:
(1) On the day of election or before the counting of votes is completed, willfully concealing, breaking, or destroying any ballot box used or intended to be used at such election or willfully or fraudulently concealing or removing any ballot box from the custody of the election judges;
(2) Willfully tampering with, disarranging, defacing, materially altering, impairing, or destroying any voting machine or automatic tabulating equipment owned or leased by or loaned to an election authority.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 15.010)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.639 - Three hours off work to vote — interference by employer a class four offense.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.639. Three hours off work to vote — interference by employer a class four offense. —
1. Any person entitled to vote at any election held within this state shall, on the day of such election, be entitled to absent himself from any services or employment in which he is then engaged or employed, for a period of three hours between the time of opening and the time of closing the polls for the purpose of voting, and any such absence for such purpose shall not be reason for the discharge of or the threat to discharge any such person from such services or employment; and such employee, if he votes, shall not, because of so absenting himself, be liable to any penalty or discipline, nor shall any deduction be made on account of such absence from his usual salary or wages; provided, however, that request shall be made for such leave of absence prior to the day of election, and provided further, that this section shall not apply to a voter on the day of election if there are three successive hours while the polls are open in which he is not in the service of his employer. The employer may specify any three hours between the time of opening and the time of closing the polls during which such employee may absent himself.
2. Any employer violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a class four election offense.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 15.025)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.641 - Failure to perform a duty under this chapter a class four offense — exceptions.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
115.641. Failure to perform a duty under this chapter a class four offense — exceptions. —
Any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this chapter which is not fulfilled and for which no other or different punishment is prescribed shall constitute a class four election offense.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 15.030, 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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.642 - Complaint procedures — investigations, powers and duties.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 3 histories
115.642. Complaint procedures — investigations, powers and duties. —
1. Any person may file a complaint with the secretary of state stating the name of any person who has violated any of the provisions of sections 115.629 to 115.646 and stating the facts of the alleged offense, sworn to, under penalty of perjury.
2. Within thirty days of receiving a complaint, the secretary of state shall notify the person filing the complaint whether or not the secretary has dismissed the complaint or will commence an investigation. The secretary of state shall dismiss frivolous complaints. For purposes of this subsection,
"frivolous complaint"
shall mean an allegation clearly lacking any basis in fact or law. Any person who makes a frivolous complaint pursuant to this section shall be liable for actual and compensatory damages to the alleged violator for holding the alleged violator before the public in a false light. If reasonable grounds appear that the alleged offense was committed, the secretary of state may issue a probable cause statement. If the secretary of state issues a probable cause statement, he or she may refer the offense to the appropriate prosecuting attorney.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27.060, 56.060, or 56.430 to the contrary, when requested by the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney, the secretary of state or his or her authorized representatives may aid any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney in the commencement and prosecution of election offenses as provided in sections 115.629 to 115.646.
4. (1) The secretary of state may investigate any suspected violation of any of the provisions of sections 115.629 to 115.646.
*
(2) (a) The secretary of state or an authorized representative of the secretary of state shall have the power to require the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, and other records by subpoena or otherwise when necessary to conduct an investigation under this section. Such powers shall be exercised only at the specific written direction of the secretary of state or his or her chief deputy.
(b) If any person refuses to comply with a subpoena issued under this subsection, the secretary of state may seek to enforce the subpoena before a court of competent jurisdiction to require the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, and other records. The court may issue an order requiring the person to produce records relating to the matter under investigation or in question. Any person who fails to comply with the order may be held in contempt of court.
(c) The provisions of this subdivision shall expire on August 28, 2025.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 786, A.L. 2018 S.B. 592, A.L. 2020 S.B. 631)
*Subdivision (2) of subsection 4 expires 8-28-25.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.646 - Public funds expenditure by political subdivision officer or employee, prohibited — personal appearances permitted — violation, penalty.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
115.646. Public funds expenditure by political subdivision officer or employee, prohibited — personal appearances permitted — violation, penalty. —
No contribution or expenditure of public funds shall be made directly by any officer, employee or agent of any political subdivision, including school districts and charter schools, to advocate, support, or oppose the passage or defeat of any ballot measure or the nomination or election of any candidate for public office, or to direct any public funds to, or pay any debts or obligations of, any committee supporting or opposing such ballot measures or candidates. This section shall not be construed to prohibit any public official of a political subdivision, including school districts and charter schools, from making public appearances or from issuing press releases concerning any such ballot measure. Any purposeful violation of this section shall be punished as a class four election offense.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al. § 1, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271 merged with S.B. 86)
(2022) Section regulates the use of public funds, not the speech of political subdivision officials, and thus does not violate the First Amendment. City of Maryland Heights v. State, 638 S.W.3d 895 (Mo.banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.650 - Citation of sections 115.650 to 115.660 — applicable definitions.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
115.650. Citation of sections 115.650 to 115.660 — applicable definitions. —
Sections 115.650 to 115.660 shall be known and may be cited as "The Mail Ballot Election Act". All terms used in sections 115.650 to 115.660 shall have the same meaning given such terms in section 115.013.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1426 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.652 - Mail-in voting may be conducted, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 3 histories
115.652. Mail-in voting may be conducted, when. —
An election shall not be conducted under sections 115.650 to 115.660 unless:
(1) The officer or agency calling the election submits a written request that the election be conducted by mail. Such request shall be submitted not later than the date specified in section 115.125 for submission of the notice of election and sample ballot;
(2) The election authority responsible for conducting the election authorizes the use of mailed ballots for the election;
(3) The election is nonpartisan;
(4) The election is not one at which any candidate is elected, retained or recalled; and
(5) The election is an issue election at which all of the qualified voters of any one political subdivision are the only voters eligible to vote.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1426 § 2, A.L. 1993 H.B. 551 & 552 merged with S.B. 31, A.L. 2020 S.B. 631, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.658 - Absentee voting, allowed, how — contest of election, procedure.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
115.658. Absentee voting, allowed, how — contest of election, procedure. —
1. Any registered voter of this state may vote by absentee ballot in an election conducted pursuant to sections 115.650 to 115.660 in accordance with the provisions of this chapter concerning absentee voting.
2. Any registered voter of the subdivision wherein a mail-in election pursuant to sections 115.650 to 115.660 is conducted may contest the results of such an election in the same manner as provided in this chapter.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1426 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.660 - Secretary of state may promulgate rules.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
115.660. Secretary of state may promulgate rules. —
The secretary of state may adopt rules and regulations governing the procedures and forms necessary to implement sections 115.650 to 115.660. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 115.650 to 115.660 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1426 §§ 5, A, A.L. 1993 H.B. 551 & 552 merged with S.B. 31, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.700 - Local issues, petition, form and procedure, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
Effective - 28 Aug 1986
115.700. Local issues, petition, form and procedure, when. —
When the form of a petition is not provided by law for local issues, the provisions of section 115.019 shall, as far as possible, govern the form of the petition, but not the date of the election.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al. § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.776 - Caucuses, nomination for presidential candidates — delegates for national conventions.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 3 histories
115.776. Caucuses, nomination for presidential candidates — delegates for national conventions. —
The state party organization which is the state organization recognized by the national organization of that established political party shall, before the national convention, conduct a series of caucuses culminating in congressional and state conventions for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the president of the United States. Delegates to the national conventions shall be chosen at the congressional district and state conventions pursuant to rules established by the political parties.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 709, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.801 - Youth voting programs, grant, loan, or other aid program to be administered — grant program to improve federal election process — rulemaking authority.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 2 histories
115.801. Youth voting programs, grant, loan, or other aid program to be administered — grant program to improve federal election process — rulemaking authority. —
1. Subject to appropriation from federal funds, the secretary of state shall administer a grant, loan, or other aid program for the purpose of involving youth in youth voting programs. The secretary of state may promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this subsection.
2. The secretary of state shall administer a grant, loan, or other aid program for the purpose of allowing election authorities to receive grants from the federal government for the purpose of improving the election process in federal elections. The secretary of state may promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this subsection.
3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This subsection and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2002, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 675 §§ 115.801, 115.803, and 115.806, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.900 - Citation of law.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jul 2014, see footnote
115.900. Citation of law. —
Sections 115.900 to 115.936 may be cited as the "Uniformed Military and Overseas Voters Act".
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(L. 2013 S.B. 116)
Effective 7-01-14
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.904 - Applicability.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
115.904. Applicability. —
The voting procedures in sections 115.900 to 115.936 shall apply to:
(1) A general, special, or primary election for federal office;
(2) A general, special, or primary election for statewide or state legislative office or state ballot measure; or
(3) Any election in which absentee voting is conducted pursuant to sections 115.275 to 115.304.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 116, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.906 - Secretary of state to implement, duties.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jul 2014, see footnote
115.906. Secretary of state to implement, duties. —
1. The secretary of state shall be responsible for implementing sections 115.900 to 115.936 and the state's responsibilities under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff, et seq.
2. The secretary of state shall make available to covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas ballots. The secretary of state may delegate the responsibility under this subsection only to the state office designated in compliance with Section 102(b)(1) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff-1(b)(1).
3. The secretary of state shall establish an electronic transmission system through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information under sections 115.900 to 115.936.
4. The secretary of state shall:
(1) Develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and transmission envelopes and their electronic equivalents, authentication materials, and voting instructions, to be used with the military-overseas ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in this state; and
(2) To the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states to carry out this subsection.
5. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and content of a declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to the voter's identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter, and timely and proper completion of a military-overseas ballot. The declaration shall be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with sections 115.900 to 115.936. The secretary of state shall ensure that a form for the execution of the declaration, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration, is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 116)
Effective 7-01-14
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.908 - Federal postcard application permitted — declaration for federal write-in absentee ballot used to register to vote, when — electronic transmissions, secretary of state's duties.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jul 2014, see footnote
115.908. Federal postcard application permitted — declaration for federal write-in absentee ballot used to register to vote, when — electronic transmissions, secretary of state's duties. —
1. To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, or the application's electronic equivalent.
2. A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday prior to the election. If the declaration is received after that date, it shall be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.
3. The secretary of state shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in subsection 3
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of section 115.906 is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 116)
Effective 7-01-14
*Words "subdivison (3)" appears in original rolls.