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Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 115

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  115.349.  Time for filing of a declaration of candidacy — form of declaration. — 1.  Except as otherwise provided in sections 115.361 to 115.383, no candidate's name shall be printed on any official primary ballot unless the candidate has filed a written declaration of candidacy in the office of the appropriate election official by 5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday in March immediately preceding the primary election.

  2.  No declaration of candidacy for nomination in a primary election shall be accepted for filing prior to 8:00 a.m. on the last Tuesday in February immediately preceding the primary election.

  3.  Each declaration of candidacy for nomination in a primary election shall state the candidate's full name, residence address, office for which such candidate proposes to be a candidate, the party ticket on which he or she wishes to be a candidate and that if nominated and elected he or she will qualify.  The declaration shall be in substantially the following form:

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I, ______, a resident and registered voter of the county of ______ and the state of Missouri, residing at ______, do announce myself a candidate for the office of ______ on the ______ party ticket, to be voted for at the primary election to be held on the ______ day of ______, ______, and I further declare that if nominated and elected to such office I will qualify.
______________________  Signature of candidate Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, ______
______________________  Residence address ______________________ Signature of election official or other officer authorized to administer oaths
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Mailing address (if different)
______________________  Telephone Number (Optional)

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If the declaration is to be filed in person, it shall be subscribed and sworn to by the candidate before an official authorized to accept his or her declaration of candidacy.  If the declaration is to be filed by certified mail pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 of section 115.355, it shall be subscribed and sworn to by the candidate before a notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.100, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1878)


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