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Registration Qualifications
- 18 Years of age by Election Day
- US Citizen
- Lafayette County Resident
Where to Register to Vote
Lafayette County residents can register to vote:
- At the County Clerk's Office
- At City Hall in most of our county cities
- At any Department of Motor Vehicles office, or state agency providing a service to the public (WIC, Social Services, etc)
No person shall be entitled to vote:
- While confined under a sentence of imprisonment;
- While on probation or parole after the conviction of a felony
- After conviction of a felony or misdemeanor connected with voting or the right of suffrage
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County residents who are not able to go to their polling place on Election Day may vote absentee beginning six weeks prior to an election.
Absentee voters must provide one of the following reasons for voting absentee:
- Absence on Election Day from the jurisdiction of the election authority in which such voter is registered to vote;
- Incapacity or confinement due to illness or physical 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 qualifications for voting are retained.
Voters can request absentee ballots from the County Clerk's Office in person at the County Courthouse, 1001 Main, Lexington, MO, by fax, 660-259-6109, or by mail (if time allows) to the same address as above. After filling out the form, absentee ballot requests should be returned to the County Clerk's Office by fax or by mail (if time allows). Relatives within the first degree (parents and children) may complete an absentee ballot application, in person, on behalf of the voter who wishes to vote absentee.
To print a request form for an absentee ballot, click on the link below:
Mail in or faxed absentee ballot requests must be received by the election authority no later than the 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday prior to any election. Voters can vote by absentee in the office of the local election authority until 5:00 p.m. the night before the election.
Additional information for military and overseas voters may be found at the Secretary of State's website.
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Bates City First Baptist Church
200 E Highway Z |
Bates City, Ferguson School Rural |
Concordia, Community Building
802 S Gordon |
Concordia-Aullville, 1st, East Concordia,
2nd, West Concordia, 1st & 2nd Emma |
Alma, City Hall
205 S County Rd. |
1st, N Alma, 2nd, S Alma, East Davis,
1st Blackburn |
Odessa Dyer Park, Community Bldg.
601 W Main St. |
N Od 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and E Od |
Odessa New Horizon Presbyterian Church
4266 Highway 131 |
S Odessa 1st, 2nd & 3rd and Lake Lafayette |
| Mayview, Community Building |
All Mayview precincts |
Dover, Community Building
298 W Walnut |
All Dover precincts |
Napoleon, City Hall
104 Second St. |
East West Napoleon |
Wellington, City Hall
101 E Walnut St. |
All Wellington precincts |
Waverly, City Hall
111 E Kelling Ave. |
1st, 2nd, E Waverly, W Waverly |
Corder, Corder Library
221 N Lafayette |
N, S Corder 1st & 2nd Wards |
Lexington, United Methodist Church
1211 S Highway 13 |
All Lexington precincts |
Higginsville, American Legion Building
1001 W 22nd St. |
1st, 2nd, 3rd, W Davis, N Higg, Aull-Higg |
John Knox Village, Higginsville
1201 W 19th St. |
All John Knox Village |
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Interested in being a Pollworker?
We are always interested in finding people who would like to work the polls. If you would like to become a poll worker or if you have questions you would like to ask in regard to being a poll worker please contact the County Clerk by email or telephone 660-259-4315.
2008 Missouri Election Calendar
Feb. 5, 2008 Election Results
April 8, 2008 General Municipal Election - Last Day to Register to Vote: Mar. 12, 2008
First Day for Candidate Filing - December 18, 2007
Last Day for Candidate Filing - January 22, 2008
Final Certification Date - January 29, 2008
Aug. 5, 2008 Primary Election - Last Day to Register to Vote: July 9, 2008
First Day for Candidate Filing - February 26, 2008
Last Day for Candidate Filing - March 25, 2008
Final Certification Date - May 27, 2008
Nov. 4, 2008 General Election - Last Day to Register to Vote: October 8, 2008
First Day for Candidate Filing - July 15, 2008
Last Day for Candidate Filing - August 19, 2008
Final Certification Date - August 26, 2008
The final date for new party and independent candidates to submit their petitions to the Secretary of State is 5:00 p.m., July 28, 2008. Independent candidates for county offices and those wishing to form a new party within a county must submit their petition to the local election authority (county clerk or election board) by 5:00 p.m., July 28, 2008. (115.329.1 RSMo 2000)
Statutory References (RSMo)
Official Election Day 115.121, 115.123, 115.775
Style of Election 115.121, 115.123
Last Day to Register 115.135.1
First Day to File 115.127.5, 115.329.1, 115.349.2, 115.761
Last Day to File 115.127.5, 115.329.1, 115.349.1
Final Certification Date 115.125, 115.387, 115.401, 116.240
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