ELECTIONS

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
ELECTIONS

: Requires independent candidates to file declarations of candidacy and petitions for nomination by the same deadlines established for other candidates

: Prohibits any person who is in arrears for any unpaid city taxes or municipal-user fees from filing a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election to any municipal office

: Requires election authorities to verify United States citizenship of all voter registration applicants

: Allows a village to cancel an election if the number of candidates who file for a position is equivalent to the number of persons who may serve

: Requires all petition circulators to be registered voters, residents of Missouri, and citizens of the United States and prohibits payment of petition circulators on a per-signature basis

: Authorizes Missouri to enter into the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote Act

: Establishes the Andrew Jackson Vote Restoration Act which requires certain elections to be held even if the number of candidates filing for a position is equal to the number of positions available

: Requires election authorities to create a form to verify the eligibility of election watchers

: Removes the requirement to hold an election in nonpartisan elections when there are the same number of candidates as open offices

: Removes villages from a certain incorporation procedure for cities and towns, increases the required number of signatures on a petition to incorporate, and dissolves villages incorporated after August 28, 2007

: Makes the use of an electronic recording device in a polling place an election offense

: Establishes the Missouri Political Cyberfraud Act and creates the crime of political cyberfraud

: Allows individuals to vote a straight party line ticket for all members of the same political party with a single punch or mark

: Changes the laws regarding initiative and referendum petitions

: Changes the laws regarding petition circulators

: Requires electronic voting systems to provide a voter-verifiable paper record

: Establishes one-stop voting sites which allow persons to register and vote at the same time

: Changes the laws regarding the transition period for certain elected officials

: Changes the laws regarding campaign contributions by subjecting all committees to contribution limits

: Requires general municipal elections to be held on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in April if the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April occurs during the observance of Passover

: Changes the laws regarding members of the military and their families

: Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot

: Requires persons requesting 50 or more voter registration applications to provide certain information to the Office of the Secretary of State

: Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot

: Allows any registered voter who is eligible to vote in a particular election to do so by absentee ballot

: Requires all primary and general elections held after January 1, 2009, for statewide offices and state representative and state senator to be conducted using instant runoff voting procedures

: Changes the election procedures for school board members of the Kansas City School District

: Changes the laws regarding the use of paper ballots at elections

: Establishes procedures for listing candidates for statewide office in varying positions on the ballot and for counting votes when electronic voting is used for these ballots

: Authorizes an income tax credit for service as a poll worker

: Allows voters to cast advance ballots

: Changes the laws regarding campaign contributions

: Establishes a process for funding elections that allows candidates to voluntarily agree to campaign finance limitations in exchange for public funding

: Requires the local offices and resident hunting and fishing permit vendors of the Department of Conservation to make a voter registration application form available to all resident permit applicants

: Imposes term limits on certain school board members when the school district becomes provisionally accredited or unaccredited

: Requires certain candidates to file a written declaration of candidacy during the 10 business days in January immediately preceding the primary election in order to be placed on the official primary ballot

: Allows election authorities to reduce the number of required paper ballots provided based on the number of touch screen voting devices deployed

: Establishes the Voter Caging Prohibition Act of 2008

: Prohibits political subdivisions from preventing emergency personnel from seeking an elected office in any political subdivision that does not have jurisdiction over the person's place of residence

: Proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the percentage of required voter signatures in each of two-thirds of the Congressional districts before a petition can be placed on the ballot

: Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring at least 60% of voters to approve amendments to the Missouri Constitution instead of the current simple majority requirement

: Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to require photo identification to vote in elections

: Proposes a constitutional amendment transferring the initial responsibility for congressional and legislative redistricting from a congressional committee to a state demographer

SB 757 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Provides for nonpartisan elections of judicial candidates and forbids such candidates from being affiliated with any political party

SB 796 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Entitles employees to take unpaid leave from work on the day of an election to serve in the election

SB 797 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Modifies the paperwork requirements for the formation of a new political party and the nomination of independent candidates

SB 798 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Creates new penalties for signing false names on petitions

SB 840 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls

SB 853 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Adopts an agreement to elect the president by national popular vote

SB 857 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies the state do-not-call list and creates "paid for by" requirements for political phone calls

SB 909 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

SB 926 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Modifies various laws relating to ethics

SB 934 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

SB 954 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

SB 970 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Amends requirements for filing financial interest statements

SB 978 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Allows members of an ambulance district board of directors to be subject to recall from office

SB 989 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Creates an income tax credit for poll workers

SB 1003 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies requirements pertaining to petition circulators

SB 1038 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Repeals campaign contribution limits and modifies reporting requirements

SB 1071 --- Sponsor: Smith, Jeff
: Creates a method to publicly finance election campaigns for legislative and gubernatorial candidates

SB 1082 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Modifies the ballot requirements for elections

SB 1083 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Modifies law relating to voter registration and election offenses

SB 1149 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Creates a procedure for when there is a lack of candidates for a fire protection district board of directors election

SB 1228 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Applies the same campaign contribution limits to all committees

SB 1231 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Implements instant runoff voting

SB 1236 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Allows hunting and fishing permit applicants to receive a voter registration application form as part of the application for such permits

SB 1245 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Bars felons from holding public office

SB 1251 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Creates an advance voting system for elections

SB 1252 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Extends the distance requirements for electioneering and polling

SB 1267 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Bars the use of direct-recording electronic voting systems in certain circumstances

SB 1288 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Modifies lobbyist reporting requirements

SJR 39 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Modifies the length and number of terms for Representatives and Senators

SJR 46 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Increases term limits for members of the General Assembly from 8 years to 12 years in each house

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated May 27, 2008 at 4:57 pm