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