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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.367 - Change of district boundaries, effect on nominating committee.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
115.367. Change of district boundaries, effect on nominating committee. —
1. In the event that the boundaries of a district have been altered, or a new district established for a candidate to be selected by a party committee since the last election in which a party candidate ran for such office, the members of the nominating committee shall be the members of the various nominating committees for that office, as provided in section 115.365 who reside within the altered or new district; provided, however, that members of nominating committees for candidates for special elections to fill vacancies conducted pursuant to section 21.130 shall be from the old districts. The chairman of the nominating committee shall be the committee chairman of the county which polled the highest vote for the party candidate for governor within the area to be represented at the last gubernatorial election.
2. In the event that a candidate is to be selected by a party committee of a new political party which has not yet elected committeemen and committeewomen in the manner provided by law, the chairman of the nominating committee shall be the provisional chairman of the party for the state, or if the political party is formed for a district or political subdivision less than the state, the chairman of the nominating committee shall be the provisional chairman of the party for such district or political subdivision. The chairman of the nominating committee shall appoint additional members of the nominating committee, not less than four in number.
3. In the event that a candidate is to be selected for nomination or election to an office by a new political party which has elected committeemen and committeewomen in the manner provided for established political parties, the members of the nominating committee shall be the same as provided in section 115.365.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.127, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.369 - Notice of vacancy, when given to nominating committee or county committee.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
115.369. Notice of vacancy, when given to nominating committee or county committee. —
Upon notification of a vacancy authorized to be filled by a nominating committee pursuant to section 115.363, the secretary of state or the election authority shall, not later than twenty-four hours after receiving such notification, notify the chair of the appropriate nominating committee. If it is impossible to notify the chair of the nominating committee, the secretary of state or the election authority shall notify the vice chair of the appropriate nominating committee. If it is impossible to notify the vice chair, the secretary of state or the election authority shall notify any member of the nominating committee or the chair of the county committee. The chair of the nominating committee shall, as soon as possible, but in no case later than two weeks after being notified of the vacancy, call a meeting of the nominating committee for the purpose of selecting a candidate to fill the vacancy. The meeting shall be called at a place located in the area the candidate is to represent. If the chair does not call a meeting within the time specified, any member of the nominating committee may do so. The person calling the meeting shall notify each member of the nominating committee of the time and place of the meeting.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.128, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.371 - Majority of committee present required to nominate, exception.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
115.371. Majority of committee present required to nominate, exception. —
1. To select a candidate under the provisions of section 115.363, a majority of the members of the nominating committee must be present. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, a member must be present in person to vote, and a majority vote of the members present shall be sufficient to nominate a candidate. In accordance with section 115.627, a party state committee may provide for weighted or fractional voting. The committee shall have no power to delegate its authority to any other person or group.
2. If a member of one nominating committee is a member of one or more additional nominating committees meeting on the same day, the member may, if he or she attends one of the meetings, select a person to participate and vote at each additional meeting in his or her stead.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.129, A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.373 - Candidates selected by committee to be filed with election authority, when — death of candidate selected by committee, effect of.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
115.373. Candidates selected by committee to be filed with election authority, when — death of candidate selected by committee, effect of. —
1. The name of a candidate selected by a party nominating committee for a primary or general election to fill a vacancy created by death, withdrawal or disqualification shall be filed with the secretary of state or proper election authority no later than 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-eighth day after the vacancy occurs or no later than 5:00 p.m. on the eighth Friday prior to the election, whichever occurs sooner.
2. The name of a person selected by a party nominating committee as a candidate to fill an unexpired term shall be filed with the proper election authority no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day which is midway between the day the election is called and election day.
3. The name of a person selected by a party nominating committee as a candidate to fill an unexpired term for state representative or state senator in a special election shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-first day after the writ of election is issued by the governor pursuant to Article III, Section 14 of the Missouri Constitution, calculated by excluding the day the writ is issued.
4. If the candidate selected by a party nominating committee for a primary, general or special election ballot dies prior to the election, the vacancy created by such death may be filled in the manner provided for filling vacancies created by death on the primary and general election ballots.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.130, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 2018 S.B. 592)
Effective 11-07-18
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.379 - Death of candidate after filing deadline and before election, procedure to be followed.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
115.379. Death of candidate after filing deadline and before election, procedure to be followed. —
1. Whenever the only candidate of a party for nomination or election to an office at a primary election, general election or special election to fill a vacancy dies after the filing deadline and before the election, his or her name shall be printed on the primary, general or special election ballot, as the case may be, unless another candidate has filed for the office pursuant to the provisions of section 115.361 or a new candidate has been selected pursuant to the provisions of sections 115.363 to 115.377. Whenever any other candidate for nomination or election to an office at a primary election, general election or special election to fill a vacancy dies after 5:00 p.m. on the eighth Tuesday prior to the election, his or her name shall be printed on the primary, general or special election ballot, as the case may be. The election and canvass shall proceed, and, if a sufficient number of votes are cast for the deceased candidate to entitle the candidate to nomination or election had the candidate not died, a vacancy shall exist on the general election ballot or in the office to be filled in the manner provided by law.
2. Whenever a candidate for nomination or election to an office is disqualified after 5:00 p.m. on the eighth Tuesday prior to a primary election, general election or special election to fill a vacancy, his or her name shall be printed on the primary, general or special election ballot, as the case may be. The election and canvass shall proceed, and, if a sufficient number of votes are cast for the disqualified candidate to entitle him or her to nomination or election had the candidate not become disqualified, a vacancy shall exist on the general election ballot or in the office to be filled in the manner provided by law.
3. Except as provided in subsection 3 of section 115.359, subsection 2 of section 115.361 and subsections 1 and 2 of this section, whenever a candidate for nomination or election to an office dies, withdraws or is disqualified prior to a primary election, general election or special election to fill a vacancy, all appropriate election authorities shall see that such candidate's name is removed from the primary, general or special election ballot, as the case may be.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.145, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 2018 S.B. 592)
Effective 11-07-18
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.381 - Secretary of state to notify appropriate election authorities of nomination, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
115.381. Secretary of state to notify appropriate election authorities of nomination, when. —
Whenever the selections are properly certified to the secretary of state by the chair or acting chair of the party nominating committees for a special election or after the secretary of state has certified the names of candidates pursuant to section 115.387 or 115.401, the secretary of state shall notify all appropriate election authorities of the selections in a timely fashion.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.150, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.383 - Name changes on ballot, how made.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
115.383. Name changes on ballot, how made. —
Any election authority duly notified that a name is to be removed from the ballot or that a new candidate has been selected shall have the proper corrections made on the ballot before the ballot is delivered to or while it is in the hands of the printer.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.155, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.385 - Party emblem, when submitted to secretary of state.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 13 Jun 1996, see footnote
115.385. Party emblem, when submitted to secretary of state. —
1. Not later than the twelfth Tuesday before an election at which the party's name will appear on the ballot, the state committee of each established statewide political party, the chairman of the county or district committee of each political party established for a county or district, and the provisional party chairman of each new party and group of petitioners shall select a party emblem and submit it in writing to the secretary of state. No party shall submit the American flag as an emblem. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, no party shall submit any emblem deceptively similar to an emblem which has been used by any other party in the past five years or is the subject of a pending certification.
2. If a new party is formed for more than one district or county at the same time, with the same name and the same provisional party chairman, the same party emblem may be submitted 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 emblem in other districts and counties, and in the state as a whole.
4. When a party emblem is properly submitted to the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall certify the emblem to the appropriate election authorities when the secretary of state certifies the names of candidates pursuant to sections 115.387 and 115.401.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.157, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489)
Effective 6-13-96
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.387 - Secretary of state to furnish each election authority a list of candidates for each office and the order of their filing — list, when due.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
115.387. Secretary of state to furnish each election authority a list of candidates for each office and the order of their filing — list, when due. —
Not later than the tenth Tuesday before each primary election, the secretary of state shall transmit 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's office and is entitled to be voted for at the primary election, together with a designation of the office for which the person is a candidate and the party the person represents. In the person's certification, the secretary of state shall also include the order in which the candidates for each office are to be listed on the official ballot.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.160, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
(2014) Secretary of State lacks authority under section to assess qualifications of candidate to determine whether to place candidate's name on primary ballot; no discretionary authority exists to investigate and determine qualifications of candidates for offices in which they seek to serve. Vowell v. Kander, 451 S.W.3d 267 (Mo.App.W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.389 - Election authority to publish list of candidates, date of election and hours the polls will open.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
115.389. Election authority to publish list of candidates, date of election and hours the polls will open. —
Upon receipt of the certified list from the secretary of state, each election authority shall publish, under the proper party designations, the title of each office, the name and address of each candidate for each office to be voted on within its jurisdiction, the date of the primary election and the hours the polls will be open. The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of the election authority. The election authority shall include in the notice the names and addresses of all candidates for political party committees who will be elected pursuant to the provisions of subsection 4 of section 115.613.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.165, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.391 - Sample ballots, when and how distributed.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.391. Sample ballots, when and how distributed. —
Not later than the fourth Tuesday prior to the primary election, each election authority shall prepare sample official ballots. The sample ballots shall contain, under the appropriate offices and party designations, the names of all candidates to be voted on in its jurisdiction in the order they will appear on the ballot. Each sample ballot shall be printed upon tinted or colored paper, of a different tint or color from the official primary ballot, and shall contain no endorsements. Immediately after having the sample ballots prepared, each election authority shall mail to the chairman of each county committee in its jurisdiction and to each candidate named on the ballot, a copy of the sample ballot for his party. The election authority shall also post a copy of each sample ballot in a conspicuous place in its office.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.170)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.393 - Election authority to deliver official ballots to polls — number of ballots, how determined.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.393. Election authority to deliver official ballots to polls — number of ballots, how determined. —
Prior to the primary election, each election authority shall correct any errors or omissions on the sample ballots and cause official ballots to be printed. For each party having a ballot at the primary election, the election authority shall deliver to each polling place a number of ballots equal to at least one and a half times the number of ballots cast in the voting district for the party at the next to last primary election. If no ballots were cast for a party in a voting district at the last primary election, the election authority shall deliver to the polling place a number of ballots estimated to be sufficient for the party.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.175)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.185)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 13 Jun 1996, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.190, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489)
Effective 6-13-96
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 13 Jun 1996, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.195, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489)
Effective 6-13-96
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.200)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.205)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.407 - Polls, hours to be open.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
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.
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(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.).
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• 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.
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(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)
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.010)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.013)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 20 May 1982, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.015, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526)
Effective 5-20-82
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 4 histories
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: 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.
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(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, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.419 - Sample ballots, cards to be delivered to the polls, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.025, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.420 - Butterfly ballot prohibited, exceptions.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
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.
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(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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.423 - Ballot box, procedure for handling.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• 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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.035, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.425. Name must be on precinct register to be eligible to vote, exception. —
Except as provided in subsection 4
*
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.040)
Effective 1-01-78
*Statutory reference to subsection "2" changed to "4" in accordance with section 3.060 based on renumbering in section 115.277 by H.B. 1878, 2022.
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 07 Nov 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
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.
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(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)
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
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.
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(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)
2023 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.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.060, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
2023 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 — ballot deemed cast, when.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
115.435. Voter to proceed to voting booth, when — ballot deemed cast, 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. Once the ballot has been completed by the voter and he or she successfully submits the ballot, the ballot is deemed cast.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.070, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.436 - Physically disabled may vote at polling place, procedure.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 3 histories
115.436. Physically disabled may vote at polling place, procedure. —
1. In jurisdictions using paper ballots and electronic voting systems, when any physically disabled voter within two hundred feet of a polling place is unable to enter the polling place, two election judges, one of each major political party, shall take a ballot, equipment and materials necessary for voting to the voter. The voter shall mark the ballot, and the election judges shall place the ballot in an envelope and place it in the ballot box.
2. In jurisdictions using voting machines, when any physically disabled voter within two hundred feet of a polling place is unable to enter the polling place, two election judges, one of each major political party, shall take an absentee ballot to the voter. The voter shall mark the ballot, and the election judges shall place the ballot in an envelope and place it in the ballot box.
3. Upon request to the election authority, the election authority in any jurisdiction shall designate a polling place accessible to any physically disabled voter other than the polling place to which that voter would normally be assigned to vote, provided that the candidates and issues voted on are consistent for both the designated location and the voting location for the voter's precinct. Upon request, the election authority may also assign members of the physically disabled voter's household and such voter's caregiver to the same voting location as the physically disabled voter. In no event shall a voter be assigned under this section to a designated location apart from the established voting location for the voter's precinct if the voter objects to the assignment to another location.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 275, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511, A.L. 2005 H.B. 280, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.439 - Procedure for voting paper ballot — rulemaking authority.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 3 histories
115.439. Procedure for voting paper ballot — rulemaking authority. —
1. If paper ballots are used, the voter shall, immediately upon receiving his ballot, go alone to a voting booth and vote his ballot in the following manner:
(1) When a voter desires to vote for a candidate, the voter shall place a distinguishing mark immediately beside the name of the candidate for which the voter intends to vote;
(2) If a write-in line appears on the ballot, the voter may write the name of the person for whom he or she wishes to vote on the line and place a distinguishing mark immediately beside the name;
(3) If the ballot is one which contains no candidates, the voter shall place a distinguishing mark directly to the left of each "YES" or "NO" he desires to vote.
­­No voter shall vote for the same person more than once for the same office at the same election.
2. If the voter accidentally spoils his ballot or ballot card or makes an error, he may return it to an election judge and receive another. The election judge shall mark "SPOILED" across the ballot or ballot card and place it in an envelope marked "SPOILED BALLOTS". After another ballot has been prepared in the manner provided in section 115.433, the ballot shall be given to the voter for voting.
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 section 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. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.080, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.441 - Delay by voter prohibited.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
115.441. Delay by voter prohibited. —
Each voter shall vote without undue delay.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.085)
Effective 1-01-78
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IX - Suffrage and Elections › Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections › Section 115.443 - Paper ballots, how marked — electronic voting machines, how voted.

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
115.443. Paper ballots, how marked — electronic voting machines, how voted. —
1. Where paper ballots are used, the voter shall, before leaving the voting booth, fold his ballot so that the distinguishing marks are concealed. The voter shall place his ballot in the ballot box and leave the polling place immediately.
2. Where electronic voting machines are used, the voter shall register his vote as directed in the instructions for use of the machine and leave the polling place immediately.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.090, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)