HB 1547 -- Advance Voting

Sponsor:  Corcoran

Beginning January 1, 2011, this bill allows voters to cast
advance ballots starting on the third Wednesday before any
election.  Any registered voter may vote by advance ballot at the
central voting location designated by the election authority.
Voting will be allowed on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
and on Saturdays until 12:00 p.m. through the close of regular
business hours on the Wednesday before the election.

For federal elections, up to six satellite voting sites must be
provided by the election authority, with one satellite site
established for every 50,000 registered voters.  For other
elections, the use of satellite sites is discretionary.  Election
authorities must provide information about the location of these
satellite sites on their web site and at their offices and may
publicize the location of the other sites through other means.
These satellite sites will be subject to the supervision of
election judges with at least one judge from each major political
party at each site.

Any voter casting more than one type of ballot during the same
election will be guilty of a class one election offense.  Any
person who knowingly discloses confidential voting information
will be guilty of a class four election offense.  Persons voting
by advance ballot will receive the same protections as those
voting by absentee ballot.

The bill also increases from 25 to 100 feet of a polling place's
outer door the prohibition of exit polling, surveying, sampling,
electioneering, distributing election literature, posting signs,
or placing vehicles bearing signs regarding any candidate or
question on an election day.

Certain provisions requiring the election authority to record
information regarding advance and absentee ballots in St. Louis
and Kansas City and the counties of Jackson and St. Louis are
removed to require all election authorities to record the
information.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:11 pm