SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1415
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BLACK.
5603S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 115.085, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to election
judges, with an effective date.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 115.085, RS Mo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 115.085, 2
to read as follows:3
115.085. 1. For purposes of this section, the 1
following terms mean: 2
(1) "Military", the Armed Forces of the United States, 3
including the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, 4
Navy, Space Force, National Guard, and any other military 5
branch that is designated by Congress as part of the Armed 6
Forces of the United States, and all reserve components and 7
auxiliaries. The term "military" also includes the military 8
reserves and militia of any United States territory or state; 9
(2) "Nonresident military spouse", a nonresident 10
spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the 11
United States who has been transferred to the state of 12
Missouri, or who has been transferred to an adjacent state 13
and is or will be domiciled in the state of Missouri, or has 14
moved to the state of Missouri on a permanent change -of- 15
station basis. 16
2. No person shall be appointed to ser ve as an 17
election judge who is not a registered voter in this state 18 SB 1415 2
or a military service member on active duty or a nonresident 19
military spouse. Each election judge shall be a person of 20
good repute and character who can speak, read, and write the 21
English language. No person shall serve as an election 22
judge at any polling place in which his or her name or the 23
name of a relative within the second degree, by 24
consanguinity or affinity, appears on the ballot. However, 25
no relative of any unopposed ca ndidate shall be disqualified 26
from serving as an election judge in any election 27
jurisdiction of the state. No election judge shall, during 28
his or her term of office, hold any other elective public 29
office, other than as a member of a political party 30
committee or township office, except any person who is 31
elected to a board or commission of a political subdivision 32
or special district may serve as an election judge except at 33
a polling place where such political subdivision or special 34
district has an issue or candidate on the ballot. In any 35
county having a population of less than two hundred fifty 36
thousand inhabitants, any candidate for the county committee 37
of a political party who is not a candidate for any other 38
office and who is unopposed for el ection as a member of the 39
committee shall not be disqualified from serving as an 40
election judge. 41
Section B. Section A of this act shall become 1
effective on January 1, 2025. 2