Voting Guide

By Mail

Missouri requires an excuse to vote by mail. Voters are eligible to vote by mail using one of the following excuses:

• Absence on Election Day from the jurisdiction of the election authority in which the voter is registered

• Incapacity or confinement due to illness or physicsl 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 qualififaction for voting are retained

• Certified participation in the address confidentiality program 

You may request an absentee ballot from your local election authority either in person or by mail or fax. A request form is also available at

https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionGoVoteMissouri/AbsenteeBallotrequestformfillable.pdf.

Absentee ballot requests must be received by the local election authority by 5 p.m. the 2nd Wednesday before Election Day.

Completed absentee ballots must be received by an election authority by close of polls Election Day.

 

Early In-Person

Voters who qualify to vote by mail may alternatively cast an abentee ballot in person at their local election official's office, starting six weeks before Election Day until 5 p,m, the day before Election Day.

 

Election Day

Voting sites will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. If you are in line by the closing time then you have a right to vote.

Curbside voting is available for voters with disabilities.