Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates the information
required on the postcard.
(1)
A postcard voter application form titled Missouri Voter Registration
Application shall be printed. All Missouri election authorities shall accept a
completed and signed postcard voter application form as a valid application to
register in their jurisdiction. In addition to the Missouri Voter Registration
Application, each election authority may print and accept its own postcard
voter application form which shall be substantially in the same form as the
Missouri Voter Registration Application.
(2) Postcard Application Form Format and
Content-
(A) The postcard application form
shall be printed on white index one hundred ten (110) pound paper cut to ten
inches by eight inches (10" x 8"), perforated into two (2) sections measuring
five inches by eight inches (5" x 8");
(B) The format of the bottom section of the
postcard voter application form shall substantially follow the guidelines
provided in subsections (2)(C)-(D) of this rule;
(C) The questions asked on the postcard
application form shall be identical to those questions listed below:
1. Are you a citizen of the United States of
America? ___ Yes ___No;
2. Will you
be 18 years of age on or before election day? ___ Yes ___ No;
3. New Registration ___ Address Change ___
Name Change ___ Political Party Affiliation;
4. (Full Legal Name) Last Name ______First
Name______Middle Name ______Suffix Jr. __ Sr. __ II __ III __ IV __ Male ___
Female ___;
5. Address where you
live (House No., Street, Apt. No. or Rural Route and Box - No PO Box)
__________City ______County _____Zip Code _____;
6. Address where you get your mail (Required
if different from #5 above) __________City ______ County ______Zip Code
_____;
7. Driver's License Number
(If you do not have a driver's license, please leave blank);
8. Last 4 digits of Social Security Number
(If you do not have a Social Security Number, please leave blank);
9. Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)
___/___/_____;
10. Place of Birth
(optional);
11. Daytime Phone No.
(optional);
12. Email Address
(optional);
13. Name and Address on
Last Voter Registration - Name __________ Address __________City ________State
____County ______
(If currently registered in another state or county, please
complete this box);
14. I
hereby certify that I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
state of Missouri. I am at least seventeen and one-half years of age. I have
not been adjudged incapacitated by any court of law. If I have been convicted
of a felony or a misdemeanor connected with the right of suffrage, I have had
the voting disabilities from such conviction removed pursuant to law. I swear
under penalty of perjury that all statements made on this card are true to the
best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that if I register to vote
knowing that I am not legally entitled to register, I am committing a class one
election offense and may be punished by imprisonment of not more than five (5)
years or by a fine of between two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both such imprisonment and fine.
Date_________________________
Signature________________________;
15. Political Party Affiliation (optional)
___ Republican ___ Democratic ___ Libertarian ___ Unaffiliated _____
Other.
(D) The format and
questions and the statement "Warning: Conviction of making a false statement
may result in imprisonment for up to five years and/or a fine up to $10,000"
shall be printed in black ink, except that the statement, "YOUR APPLICATION
WILL BE CONFIRMED BY MAIL WITHIN SEVEN (7) BUSINESS DAYS OF ITS RECEIPT BY THE
ELECTION AUTHORITY. PLEASE CONTACT THE ELECTION AUTHORITY IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE
NOTIFICATION," shall be printed in red ink not smaller than ten (10) point in
size;
(E) The format of the top
section of the postcard voter application form may include information as
determined by the secretary of state to facilitate orderly elections, and shall
substantially follow the guidelines provided in subsection (2)(F) of this rule;
and
(F) The top portion of the card
shall contain a statement printed in red ink explaining that the application
will be confirmed by mail within seven (7) business days of its receipt by the
election authority, and the following statement printed in black ink. "THIS
CARD IS NOT PROOF OF REGISTRATION."
(3) Distribution of Postcard Application
Forms-
(A) The postcard application form may
be printed and distributed by election authorities and the secretary of state.
Any private individual, group, corporation or other entity desiring to print
the postcard application form as it is set out in this rule may do so upon
approval of the format by the secretary of state;
(B) To allow individual or group
registration, any individual or group may request and shall receive from any
election authority a sufficient number of Missouri Voter Registration
Applications. The distributed postcard application forms shall contain a unique
identifier. The above referenced identifier shall be printed on both sections
of the card as described in subsection (2)(A) of this rule; and
(C) The secretary of state shall design a
request form to be completed by any person requesting voter registration
applications from the secretary of state or election authorities. Such request
form shall include the requester's name, address and telephone
number.
(4) Acceptance of
Postcard Application Forms-
(A) The completed
and signed postcard application form(s) shall be delivered to the appropriate
election authority representing the area in which the applicant
resides;
(B) The completed and
signed postcard application form(s) may be delivered to the appropriate
election authority either in person, by mail or by delivery by a third
party;
(C) Upon receipt of a
completed and signed postcard application form, the election authority shall
process the application as required by section
115.159,
RSMo; and
(D) Nothing in this rule
shall be construed to authorize the rejection of any voter registration card
approved by federal law.
*Original authority: 115.155, RSMo 1977, amended 1986,
1988, 1993, 1997, 1999 and 115.159, RSMo 1977, amended 1993, 1994,
1997.