| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1055 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHOVIS. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2198H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsections115.295and115.300,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections |
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| 8 | 8 | | relatingtoabsenteeballots. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Sections115.295and115.300,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections115.295and115.300,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 115.295.1.Aseachabsenteeballotisreceivedbytheelectionauthority,theelection |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2authorityshallindicateitsreceiptonthelist. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 2.Ifthestatementsonanyballotenvelopehavenotbeencompleted[, theabsentee |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4ballotintheenvelopeshallberejected] ortheenvelopehasnotbeennotarizedasrequired |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5bysection115.291,theelectionauthorityshallnotifythevoteroftheincomplete |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6informationbyallmeansreasonablycalculatedtomakecontactwiththevoter |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7including,butnotlimitedto,postalmail,telephone,andemail.Thenoticeshallinclude |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8adescriptionofthemissinginformationandinstructionsforhowthevotercanprovide |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9themissinginformationtotheelectionauthority. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 3.Theelectionauthorityshallallowthevotertosupplythemissinginformation |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11bycompletinganewstatementasdescribedinsection115.283anddeliveringittothe |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12electionauthoritybyanymeansauthorizedbylawfordeliveringabsenteeballots. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 4.Onlyanemployeeoftheelectionauthoritymaycontactthevoterconcerning |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14missingballotenvelopeinformation.Anelectionauthorityshallnotauthorizeany |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15third-partyorganizationtocontactvotersconcerningmissingballotenvelope |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16information. |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 5.Votersmayprovidemissinginformationfortheballotenvelopeonlyafterthe |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18envelopecontainingtheballothasbeenreceivedintheofficeoftheelectionauthority. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19Nopersonshallchangeanyselectionsontheballotcontainedwithintheenvelopeafterit |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20isinitiallyreceivedbytheelectionauthority. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 6.Ifthevoterprovidesthemissinginformationnolaterthanthetimethepolls |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22closeonelectionday,theballotshallbeacceptedforcountingaccordingtothe |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23requirementsofsection115.299.Ifthevoterfailstoprovidethemissinginformation |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24beforethepollscloseonelectionday,theballotshallberejected. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 [3.]7.Allballotenvelopesreceivedbytheelectionauthorityshallbekepttogetherin |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26asafeplaceandshallnotbeopenedexceptasprovidedinthissubchapter. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 115.300.Ineachjurisdiction,theelectionauthoritymaystart,[notearlierthanthe |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2fifthdaypriortotheelection] uponreceipt,thepreparationofabsenteeballotsfortabulation |
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| 41 | 41 | | 3ontheelectionday.Theelectionauthorityshallgivenoticetothecountychairmanofeach |
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| 42 | 42 | | 4majorpoliticalpartyforty-eighthourspriortobeginningpreparationofabsenteeballot |
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| 43 | 43 | | 5envelopes.Absenteeballotpreparationshallbecompletedbyteamsofelectionauthority |
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| 44 | 44 | | 6employeesorteamsofelectionjudges,witheachteamconsistingofonememberfromeach |
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| 45 | 45 | | 7majorpoliticalparty. |
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| 46 | 46 | | âś” |
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| 47 | 47 | | HB1055 2 |
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