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Section: 115.0477 Ballots, procedure for counting (electronic voting). RSMO 115.477


Published: 2015

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Chapter 115

Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections

←115.475

Section 115.477.1

115.479→

August 28, 2015

Ballots, procedure for counting (electronic voting).

115.477. 1. In each jurisdiction using an electronic voting system,

all proceedings at the counting location shall be under the direction of

the election authority. The election authority shall appoint two judges,

one from each major political party, to be present and observe the count.

The counting shall be open to the public, but no persons, except those

employed and authorized for the purpose, shall touch any ballot, ballot

container or return.



2. The automatic tabulating equipment shall produce a return showing

the total number of votes cast for each candidate and on each question at

each polling place and in the jurisdiction as a whole.



3. If any ballot is damaged and cannot be properly counted by the

automatic tabulating equipment, it may be handcounted in the manner

provided for absentee ballots, or a true duplicate copy may be made of the

defective ballot. If any ballot contains a number of votes and write-in

votes for any office which exceeds the number allowed by law, it may be

handcounted in the manner provided for absentee ballots, a true duplicate

copy be made which does not include the invalid votes or, at the discretion

of the election judges, a self-adhesive removable label, sensitized, may be

placed over any mark to allow the ballot to be processed through the

automatic tabulating equipment. The duplication of each ballot shall be

closely observed by two election judges or employees of the election

authority, one from each major political party. Each duplicate ballot

shall be clearly labeled "duplicate", shall bear a serial number which

shall be recorded on the defective ballot, and shall be counted in lieu of

the defective ballot.



(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 12.070, A.L. 1979 S.B. 275, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)





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115.477. 1. In each jurisdiction using an electronic voting system, all

proceedings at the counting location shall be under the direction of the

election authority. The election authority shall appoint two judges, one

from each major political party, to be present and observe the count. The

counting shall be open to the public, but no persons, except those employed

and authorized for the purpose, shall touch any ballot, ballot container or

return.



2. All ballot cards shall be counted in order by polling place. The

automatic tabulating equipment shall produce a return showing the total

number of votes cast for each candidate and on each question at each polling

place and in the jurisdiction as a whole.



3. If any ballot is damaged and cannot be properly counted by the

automatic tabulating equipment, it may be handcounted in the manner provided

for absentee ballots, or a true duplicate copy may be made of the defective

ballot. If any ballot contains a number of votes and write-in votes for any

office which exceeds the number allowed by law, it may be handcounted in the

manner provided for absentee ballots, a true duplicate copy be made which

does not include the invalid votes or, at the discretion of the election

judges, a self-adhesive removable label, sensitized, may be placed over any

mark to allow the ballot to be processed through the automatic tabulating

equipment. The duplication of each ballot shall be closely observed by two

election judges or employees of the election authority, one from each major

political party. Each duplicate ballot shall be clearly labeled "duplicate",

shall bear a serial number which shall be recorded on the defective ballot,

and shall be counted in lieu of the defective ballot.



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