Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.259

  • Ballot: the paper ballot, or ballot designed for use with an electronic voting system on which each voter may cast all votes to which he or she is entitled at an election. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Polling place: the voting place designated for all voters residing in one or more precincts for any election. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • voter: is used in the laws of this state it shall mean registered voter, or legal voter. See Missouri Laws 1.035

At each polling place using voting machines, the exterior of the voting machines shall be in plain view of the election judges. The election judges shall not be nor permit any other person to be in any position, or near any position, that enables them to see how any voter votes or has voted. The election judges may inspect any machine as necessary to make sure the ballot label is in its proper place and that the machine has not been damaged.