2024 MISSOURI VOTER GUIDE
1.Voter Registration
Deadline to Register/Update: October 9, 2024
2. Check Your Registration
Why check your registration? Your address is where election officials send notices, application forms to receive your ballot in the mail, and more. Additionally, poll workers will check if the address on your voter registration matches the address on your ID at the polls.
Check/Update Your Registration Online
Checklist:
- Is your name spelled correctly? (Correct hyphenations, middle initials, etc)
- Correct Address
- Active Voter Status (if not update by sending in another online/mail voter application)
- Correct Date of Birth
- Correct Political Party Preference
- Take a time-stamped photograph or screenshot of your registration, and take it with you to the polls as proof of your registration.
3. Voter ID Law
Source: Ballotpedia
Missouri requires voters to present photo identification while voting.
The following were accepted forms of identification as of April 2023. Click here for the Missouri Secretary of State’s page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.
Voters can present the following forms of information:
- A nonexpired Missouri driver or non-driver license;
- A nonexpired military ID, including a veteran’s ID card;
- A nonexpired United States passport; or
- Another photo ID issued by the United States or the state of Missouri which is either not expired or expired after the date of the most recent general election.
If a voter does not have an ID, he or she can obtain one for free by filling out this form.
4. Order Your Absentee Mail Ballot
Deadline to apply for Absentee Mail Ballot: Must be received by 5:00 PM on October 23, 2024
We recommend requesting your absentee mail ballot as soon as possible and well in advance of this deadline in order to ensure that you receive your ballot in time.
Request Absentee Mail Ballot Online
Deadline to return Absentee Mail Ballot: Must be received by 8:00 PM on November 5, 2024
Surrendering your Absentee Ballot:
Find your local Election Authority if you have received an absentee ballot by mail, but prefer to vote at your polling place. https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/localelectionauthority
5. Early Voting Information
Missouri does not currently permit early voting. From the second Tuesday before an election to the day before the election, you may vote a no-excuse absentee ballot in person at a location designated by your local election authority.
For information on polling place locations, acceptable forms of identification and other information visit:https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/howtovote
For more information regarding federal, state and local elections contact your state election official online: https://www.sos.mo.gov or call Missouri Secretary of State, John R. Ashcroft 573.751.4936.
6. Become a Poll Worker!
Poll workers must be 16 years old or over, and a registered voter (if over 18) in their county.
To sign up, visit: https://s1.sos.mo.gov/pollworker/signup