Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 30 - Secretary of State › Chapter 15 - Initiative, Referendum, New Party, and Independent Candidate Petition Rules › Section 15 CSR 30-15.020 - Processing Procedures for Initiative, Referendum, New Party, and Independent Candidate Petitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to update the
				  statutory reference and to add PO Box.
(1) Each local election authority shall check
				each signature designated by the secretary of state against voter registration
				records and annotate each signature, according to their findings in red ink in
				the left margin, on the copies of petition pages sent to him/her in the
				following manner:
(A) If the name, address,
				and signature are acceptable pursuant to
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				CSR 30-15.010 "R" to denote "Registered";
(B) Where possible, if the voter's address on
				an "R" designated signature is acceptable pursuant to
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				CSR 30-15.010(3)(F), where the
				address listed on the petition is different from the address on the voting
				rolls but the voter was registered to vote within the county named at the top
				of the petition page on the date the petition was signed, and the local
				election authority determined that the individual's signatures on the petition
				and on the voter's registration record are sufficiently alike to identify the
				petition signer as the same person who was registered to vote within the
				jurisdiction on the date the petition was signed, the local election authority
				listed on the top of the petition page shall designate the signature as
				"R";
(C) Where possible, if the
				voter's address on an "R" designated signature is acceptable pursuant to 15 CSR
				30-15.010(3)(E), where the address listed on the petition is different from the
				address on the voting rolls (including PO Box addresses) but within the county
				named at the top of the page, and the local election authority determined that
				the individual's signatures on the petition and on the voter's registration
				record are sufficiently alike to identify the petition signer as the same
				person who is registered to vote within the jurisdiction, the local election
				authority shall add to the "R" designation "DA" (i.e., "RDA" to denote
				"Registered, Different Address");
(D) If the name on the petition does not
				appear in the election authority's registration file as an eligible voter in
				that jurisdiction "NR" to denote "Not Registered";
(E) If the name and address are acceptable
				pursuant to 15 CSR 30-15.010, but the signature appears different than that on
				file with the election authority, "WS" to denote "Wrong Signature";
(F) If a name selected in a random sample for
				a particular congressional district is actually in another district in the
				county and otherwise properly registered, "OD" to denote "Other District";
				and
(G) If a person is registered,
				but the correct congressional district is not indicated on the petition, the
				incorrect number should be crossed out and the correct number entered in the
				right margin.