Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS
Division 30 - Secretary of State
Chapter 15 - Initiative, Referendum, New Party, and Independent Candidate Petition Rules
Section 15 CSR 30-15.030 - Initiative, Referendum, New Party, and Independent Candidate Petitions Missouri Voter Registration System and Other Computerized Processing Options
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to update the statutory reference, to clarify information, and to add local election authorities.
(1) Each local election authority has the option for local petitions to comply with the requirements of 15 CSR 30-15.010 and 15 CSR 30-15.020 through the centralized Missouri Voter Registration System (MCVR).
(2) Each local election authority may comply with the requirements of 15 CSR 30-15.010 and 15 CSR 3015.020 for statewide petitions, referendums, new party and independent candidates filed with the secretary of state office through a petition processing software program maintained and administered by the secretary of state. Petition pages will be processed and annotated electronically. Each local election authority shall certify to the secretary of state by means of petition processing summary reports generated by the software program provided by the secretary of state the total of each category enumerated in 15 CSR 30-15.020(1) less the number of duplicate, but otherwise qualified, signatures in 15 CSR 30-15.020(2).
*Original authority: 115.335.7, RSMo 1977, amended 1993, 1995 and 116.130, RSMo 1980, amended 1988, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003.
