Request a Ballot by State

As of October 9, 2023

Voter ID Required:   If you do not have ID, Voteriders.org can help: https://www.voteriders.org/freehelp/

Registration

• Verify your Registration: https://s1.sos.mo.gov/elections/voterlookup/
• Register to Vote: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/register.aspx

Requesting a Ballot

• Absence from the county is a valid reason:  https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionGoVoteMissouri/AbsenteeBallotRequestForm.pdf
• Mail your application to your county election official:  https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/govotemissouri/localelectionauthority
• Picture ID needed for those who are first time voters or who registered by mail (safest bet is to include it).  Here is the list of acceptable IDs: https://www.voteriders.org/firstvote/

Voting

• PLEASE NOTE!  YOU MUST HAVE YOUR BALLOT NOTARIZED!  Contact Gwendolyn Reece [greece@american.edu] to set up an appointment and she will notarize for you.  You must sign in front of the notary.

• Your signature needs to match the signature on file with the state (e.g. if you use a middle initial or not)

• Must be RECEIVED by Election day, contact your local official to find out if you can deliver by hand: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/govotemissouri/localelectionauthority