Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.393

  • 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
  • District: an area within the state or within a political subdivision of the state from which a person is elected to represent the area on a policy-making body with representatives of other areas in the state or political subdivision. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • Polling place: the voting place designated for all voters residing in one or more precincts for any election. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • Voting district: the one or more precincts within which all voters vote at a single polling place for any election. See Missouri Laws 115.013

Prior to the primary election, each election authority shall correct any errors or omissions on the sample ballots and cause official ballots to be printed. For each party having a ballot at the primary election, the election authority shall deliver to each polling place a number of ballots equal to at least one and a half times the number of ballots cast in the voting district for the party at the next to last primary election. If no ballots were cast for a party in a voting district at the last primary election, the election authority shall deliver to the polling place a number of ballots estimated to be sufficient for the party.