Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB606 Compare Versions

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 606
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MCCREERY.
8	8	1824S.02I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 115.286, 115.295, and 115.300, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new
11	11	sections relating to absentee ballots.
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13	13	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
14	14	Section A. Sections 115.286, 115.295, and 115.300, RSMo, 1
15	15	are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to 2
16	16	be known as sections 115.295 and 115.300, to read as follows:3
17	17	115.295. 1. As each absentee ballot is received by 1
18	18	the election authority, the election authority shall 2
19	19	indicate its receipt on the list. 3
20	20	2. If the statements on any ballot envelope have not 4
21	21	been completed[, the absentee ballot in the envelope shall 5
22	22	be rejected] or the envelope has not been notarized as 6
23	23	required by section 115.291, the election authority shall 7
24	24	notify the voter of the incomplete information by all means 8
25	25	reasonably calculated to make contact with the v oter, 9
26	26	including, but not limited to, postal mail, telephone, and 10
27	27	electronic mail. The notice shall include a description of 11
28	28	the missing information and instructions for how the voter 12
29	29	can provide the missing information to the election 13
30	30	authority. 14
31	31	3. The election authority shall allow the voter to 15
32	32	supply the missing information by completing a new statement 16
33	33	as described in section 115.283 and delivering it to the 17 SB 606 2
34	34	election authority by any means authorized by law for 18
35	35	delivering absentee ballots . 19
36	36	4. Only an employee of the election authority may 20
37	37	contact the voter concerning missing ballot envelope 21
38	38	information. An election authority may not authorize any 22
39	39	third-party organization to contact voters concerning 23
40	40	missing ballot envelope infor mation. 24
41	41	5. Voters may provide missing information for the 25
42	42	ballot envelope only once the envelope containing the ballot 26
43	43	has been received in the office of the election authority. 27
44	44	No person may change any selections on the ballot contained 28
45	45	within the envelope once it is initially received in the 29
46	46	office of the election authority. 30
47	47	6. If the voter provides the missing information by 31
48	48	either method described above no later than the close of 32
49	49	polls on election day, the ballot shall be accepted fo r 33
50	50	counting according to the requirements of section 115.299. 34
51	51	If the voter fails to provide the missing information by the 35
52	52	close of polls on election day, the ballot shall be rejected . 36
53	53	[3.] 7. All ballot envelopes received by the election 37
54	54	authority shall be kept together in a safe place and shall 38
55	55	not be opened except as provided in this subchapter. 39
56	56	115.300. In each jurisdiction, the election authority 1
57	57	may start, [not earlier than the fifth day prior to the 2
58	58	election] upon receipt, the preparation of absentee ballots 3
59	59	for tabulation on the election day. The election authority 4
60	60	shall give notice to the county chairman of each major 5
61	61	political party forty -eight hours prior to beginning 6
62	62	preparation of absentee ballot envelopes. Absentee ballot 7
63	63	preparation shall be completed by teams of election 8
64	64	authority employees or teams of election judges, with each 9 SB 606 3
65	65	team consisting of one member from each major political 10
66	66	party. 11
67	67	[115.286. Absentee ballots under sections 1
68	68	115.275 to 115.304 received by the election 2
69	69	authority in person or other authorized location 3
70	70	designated by the election authority are deemed 4
71	71	cast when received prior to election day. 5
72	72	Absentee ballots received by the election 6
73	73	authority through a comm on carrier such as the 7
74	74	United States Postal Service are deemed cast 8
75	75	when received prior to the time fixed by law for 9
76	76	the closing of the polls on election day. 10
77	77	Absentee ballots received by the election 11
78	78	authority through a common carrier such as the 12
79	79	United States Postal Service shall be received 13
80	80	prior to the time fixed by law for the closing 14
81	81	of polls on election day. The election 15
82	82	authority shall hand mark or stamp each absentee 16
83	83	ballot envelope as it is received, indicating 17
84	84	the date and time the a bsentee ballot was 18
85	85	received.] 19
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