Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.433

  • 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
  • Major political party: the political party whose candidates received the highest or second highest number of votes at the last general 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

After the voter‘s identification certificate has been initialed, two judges of different political parties, or one judge from a major political party and one judge with no political affiliation, shall, where paper ballots are used, initial the voter’s ballot or ballot card.