First Adopted: February 01, 1972
Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2024
Rule 10 | Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary | Nonpartisan Judicial Commissions and Judicial Performance Review
10.13 | Paper Ballots
If a paper ballot is necessary for an accommodation under the
American with Disabilities Act, the clerk shall prepare the ballots as
follows:
The ballots shall be numbered consecutively. A signature card bearing the same number shall accompany each ballot.
The
ballots shall designate each office and term to be filled. The ballot
shall contain the names, counties of residence, and the biographical
sketches of all qualified persons who have been nominated for such
office and term who have not, before the printing of the ballots, given
written notice to the clerk of their withdrawal as candidates. The
ballot shall also provide one blank line for each such office and term
on which the voter may write the name of any qualified person for whom
the voter desires to vote. A box or square shall be printed alongside
each name and each such blank line for the use of the voter in
indicating the voter's choice.
The signature
cards shall contain a printed certification to the effect that the voter
is a member of The Missouri Bar in good standing who resides in the
court of appeals district or the circuit, as the case may be, in which
the election is being held. The signature cards also shall contain
blanks for the voter's signature and residence address.
The
completed ballots and signature card shall be mailed to or deposited
with the clerk in whose office the election is to be held. If a ballot
is not accompanied by a signature card signed by the voter, it shall not
be counted. Only those ballots received by the clerk before 5:00 p.m.
on the final day of the voting period in Rule 10.12 shall be counted.
Ballots shall be voted by placing a mark in the box alongside the name
of the person for whom the voter desires to vote.
(Adopted February 1, 1972, effective September 1, 1972. Amended December 22, 1998, effective July 1, 1999; amended February 25, 2009, effective February 25, 2009; amended May 23, 2023, effective January 1, 2024.)