Section 115.159

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 115

Effective - 28 Aug 2002, 4 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  115.159.  Registration by mail, voter I.D. card delivered to voter, when — delivery of absentee ballots, when. — 1. Any person who is qualified to register in Missouri shall, upon application, be entitled to register by mail. Upon request, application forms shall be furnished by the election authority or the secretary of state.

  2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the election authority shall not deliver any voter identification card to any person who registers to vote by mail until after such person has voted, in person, after presentation of a proper form of identification, for the first time following registration at his new polling place designated by the election authority.

  3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the election authority shall not deliver any absentee ballot to any person who registers to vote by mail until after such person has:

  (1) Voted, in person, after presentation of a proper form of identification set out in section 115.427, for the first time following registration; or

  (2) Provided a copy of identification set out in section 115.427 to the election authority.

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This subsection shall not apply to those persons identified in section 115.283 who are exempted from obtaining a notary seal or signature on their absentee ballots.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 7.075, A.L. 1993 H.B. 551 & 552, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1411, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675)