SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 749
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BERNSKOETTER.
3911S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 115.349, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to candidate
filing deadlines, with an emergency clause.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 115.349, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 115.349, 2
to read as follows:3
115.349. 1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 1
115.361 to 115.383 or sections 115.755 to 115 .785, no 2
candidate's name shall be printed on any official primary 3
ballot unless the candidate has filed a written declaration 4
of candidacy in the office of the appropriate election 5
official by 5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday in March 6
immediately preceding the primary election. 7
2. No declaration of candidacy for nomination in a 8
primary election shall be accepted for filing prior to 8:00 9
a.m. on the last Tuesday in February immediately preceding 10
the primary election. 11
3. Each declaration of candidacy for nomination in a 12
primary election shall state the candidate's full name, 13
residence address, office for which such candidate proposes 14
to be a candidate, the party ticket on which he or she 15
wishes to be a candidate and that if nominated and elected 16
he or she will qualify. The declaration shall be in 17
substantially the following form: 18 SB 749 2
If the declaration is to be filed in person, it shall be 44
subscribed and sworn to by the candidate before an official 45
authorized to accept his or her declaration of candidacy. 46
If the declaration is to be filed by certified mail pursuant 47
to the provisions of subsection 2 of section 115.355, it 48
shall be subscribed and sworn to by the candidate before a 49
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I, ______, a resident and registered voter of the
county of ______ and the state of Missouri,
residing at ______, do announce myself a candidate
for the office of ______ on the ______ party
ticket, to be voted for at the primary election to
be held on the ______ day of ______, ______, and I
further declare that if nominated and elected to
such office I will qualify .
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Subscribed and
sworn
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Signature of
candidate
to before me
this
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Residence
address
Signature of
election
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official or
other officer
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41 Mailing address (if different)
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notary public or other officer authorized by law to 50
administer oaths. 51
4. Notwithstanding subsecti on 1 of this section to the 52
contrary, for the primary election held on the first Tuesday 53
after the first Monday in August 2022, no candidate's name 54
shall be printed on any official primary ballot unless the 55
candidate has filed a written declaration of candidacy in 56
the office of the appropriate election official by 5:00 p.m. 57
on the first Tuesday in April immediately preceding the 58
primary election. 59
Section B. Because of the need to ensure the orderly 1
conduct of the 2022 primary e lection, section A of this act 2
is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the 3
public health, welfare, peace, and safety, and is hereby 4
declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the 5
constitution, and section A of this act shall be in full 6
force and effect upon its passage and approval. 7