Upcoming Elections 2010
Primary election: 8/3/10
General Election: 11/2/10
Polling Place Hours: 6 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Click here to download a Missouri Frequently Asked Questions document created by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono law firm.
Voter Registration Information
Click here for a Missouri Voter Registration Guide created by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono law firm partners.
Registration Deadlines
Fourth Wednesday prior to the election
Deadline for 2010 General Election: 10/06/2010
Identification Required for Registration
If you register in person, you must present one of the following:
- A copy of a birth certificate;
- Native American tribal document;
- Other proof of United States citizenship;
- A valid Missouri drivers license;
- Other form of personal identification.
If you have not previously voted in Missouri and you register to vote by mail, you are asked to send in a copy of one of the following with your voter registration application (this is marked as optional on the voter registration form):
- Birth Certificate;
- Native American tribal document;
- Other proof of United States citizenship;
- Current or valid photo ID;
- Current utility bill, bank statement, government check, or paycheck;
- Other government document that shows your name and address.
How to Check Registration
Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE
Check the Missouri Sectretary of State's Voter Information Lookup website.
Contact your County Election Officials.
Voting Information
Identification Required to Vote
- Identification issued by the state of Missouri, an agency of the state, or a local election authority of the state;
- Identification issued by the United States government or agency thereof;
- Identification issued by an institution of higher education, including a university, college, vocational and technical school, located within the state of Missouri;
- A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check or other government document that contains the name and address of the voter
- Driver's license or state identification card issued by another state
How to Find Your Polling Place
Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE
Check the Missouri Sectretary of State's Voter Information Lookup website.
Contact your County Election Officials.
Absentee Voting
Click here to visit GoVoteAbsentee.org, a resource for absentee voters.
Any registered voter of Missouri may vote by absentee ballot for all candidates and issues for which such voter would be eligible to vote at the polling place if such voter expects to be prevented from going to the polls to vote on election day for any of the following reasons:
- Absence on election day from the jurisdiction of the election authority in which such voter is registered to vote;
- Incapacity or confinement due to illness or physical disability, including a person who is primarily responsible for the physical care of a person who is incapacitated or confined due to illness or disability;
- Religious belief or practice;
- Employment as an election authority, as a member of an election authority, or by an election authority at a location other than such voter's polling place;
- Incarceration, provided all qualifications for voting are retained.
If you registered by mail, you will not be sent an absentee ballot until you have either:
- Voted, in person, after presentation of a proper form of identification (set out below), for the first time following registration; or
- Provided a copy of a proper form of identification (set out below) to the election authority.
Proper forms of identification include:
- Identification issued by the state of Missouri, an agency of the state, or a local election authority of the state
- Identification issued by the United States government or agency thereof
- Identification issued by an institution of higher education, including a university, college, vocational and technical school, located within the state of Missouri
- A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check or other government document that contains the name and address of the voter
- Driver's license or state identification card issued by another state
- Application for absentee voting can be found at the following website: http://www.sos.mo.gov/forms/elections/absentee.pdf.
Application Deadline
- If the absentee application is submitted by mail, by fax, or by a guardian or relative, then it cannot be submitted after 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday immediately before an election. 2010 General Election Deadline: 10/27/2010.
- If the absentee application is submitted by the applicant in person then it cannot be submitted after 5:00 p.m. on the day before the election. 2010 General Election Deadline: 11/01/2010.
In order to be counted, the election authority must receive your absentee ballot either in person or by mail at or before the polls close on Election Day.
Early Voting
Missouri allows for in-person absentee voting. The rules and restrictions are listed under Absentee Voting.
Information For People who have Moved or Changed Addresses
In order to change your name in the voter registration lists, you need to contact the election authority before the election or an election judge at your polling place and notify them of the change. The election authority will enter the change on the record and issue new voter identification cards. Voters are allowed to vote at one election under the old name without changing their voter registration after notifying the election judges of the name change.
In order to find out how you can update your registration to vote because of change of name or change of address, visit our register to vote page.
If you have moved to a different address within the same county, you are permitted to change your registration address on Election Day at your new polling place or the central polling location. It is recommended that you contact your local election official with any address changes prior to Election Day in order to determine your assigned polling place.
In order to change your address if you move outside the boundaries of the election jurisdiction in which you were previously registered, you will need to fill out a new voter registration application.
If you moved before the deadline to register for an election, you must complete your new registration prior to the registration deadline in order to be eligible to vote a full ballot in your new jurisdiction. If you moved after the registration deadline, you will be entitled to vote a limited ballot, containing only federal and statewide candidates and issues once you submit a completed voter registration application in person with the local election authority. People moving from one election jurisdiction to another prior to the registration deadline who fail to register to vote by the registration deadline will not be able to vote in that particular election.
If you moved to Missouri after the deadline to register for a presidential election, you are entitled to register and vote only a presidential and vice presidential ballot in your new jurisdiction.
Information for People with Felony Conviction
If you have been convicted of a felony, you may not vote until the completion of sentencing and probation and parole. At that time, you can register to vote with your local election authority and be eligible to vote in elections.
Individuals who have been convicted of an election offense, whether a felony or misdemeanor, are not allowed to vote.
For more information, go to the Secretary of State's website, or click here to download a Missouri Election Protection manual created by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono law firm partners.
