Section 115.652

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 115

Effective - 04 Jun 2020, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  115.652.  Mail-in voting may be conducted, when, limitations. — 1.  An election shall not be conducted under sections 115.650 to 115.660 unless:

  (1)  The officer or agency calling the election submits a written request that the election be conducted by mail.  Such request shall be submitted not later than the date specified in section 115.125 for submission of the notice of election and sample ballot;

  (2)  The election authority responsible for conducting the election authorizes the use of mailed ballots for the election;

  (3)  The election is nonpartisan;

  (4)  The election is not one at which any candidate is elected, retained or recalled; and

  (5)  The election is an issue election at which all of the qualified voters of any one political subdivision are the only voters eligible to vote.

  ^*2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section or any other provision of law to the contrary, an election may be conducted by mail as authorized under section 115.302, during the year 2020, to avoid the risk of contracting or transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.  This subsection shall expire December 31, 2020.

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(L. 1988 H.B. 1426 § 2, A.L. 1993 H.B. 551 & 552 merged with S.B. 31, A.L. 2020 S.B. 631)

Effective 6-04-20

*Subsection 2 expires 12-31-20.