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SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1415
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Section A. Section 115.085, RSMo, is repealed and one new
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 115.085,
to read as follows:
115.085. 1. For purposes of this section, the
following terms mean:
(1) "Military", the Armed Forces of the United States,
including the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps,
Navy, Space Force, National Guard, and any other military
branch that is designated by Congress as part of the Armed
Forces of the United States, and all reserve co mponents and
auxiliaries. The term "military" also includes the military
reserves and militia of any United States territory or state;
(2) "Nonresident military spouse", a nonresident
spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the
United States who has been transferred to the state of
Missouri, or who has been transferred to an adjacent state
and is or will be domiciled in the state of Missouri, or has
moved to the state of Missouri on a permanent change -of-
station basis.
2. No person shall be appointed to serve as an
election judge who is not a registered voter in this state
or a military service member on active duty in this state or
a nonresident military spouse . Each election judge shall be
a person of good repute an d character who can speak, read,
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and write the English language. No person shall serve as an
election judge at any polling place in which his or her name
or the name of a relative within the second degree, by
consanguinity or affinity, appears on the ballot. However,
no relative of any unopposed candidate shall be disqualified
from serving as an election judge in any election
jurisdiction of the state. No election judge shall, during
his or her term of office, hold any other elective public
office, other than as a member of a political party
committee or township office, except any person who is
elected to a board or commission of a political subdivision
or special district may serve as an election judge except at
a polling place where such p olitical subdivision or special
district has an issue or candidate on the ballot. In any
county having a population of less than two hundred fifty
thousand inhabitants, any candidate for the county committee
of a political party who is not a candidate for any other
office and who is unopposed for election as a member of the
committee shall not be disqualified from serving as an
election judge.
Section B. Section A of this act shall become
effective on January 1, 2025.