1. The tally book for each polling place using an electronic voting system shall be in substantially the following form:

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Tally book for ______ precincts, at the general (special, primary) election held on the ______ day of ______, 20______ AB, CD, EF, and XP judges; and ZR and LT, watchers; and BH and SP, challengers, at this polling place, were sworn as the law directs before beginning their duties.
We hereby certify:
The number of ballots received at this polling place is ______;
The information on the ballot cards and ballot labels received at this polling place is the same as the information on the sample ballots received at this polling place.
AB
CD Election Judges
EF
XP
We hereby certify:
The number of ballots cast at this polling place is ______;
The number of identification certificates signed at this polling place is ______;
The number of defective ballots at this polling place is ______;
The number of spoiled ballots at this polling place is ______;
The number of voters casting proper write-in votes at this polling place is ______;
The number of ballots received at this polling place which were not cast at this election is ______;
AB
CD Election Judges
EF
XP

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2. Where tallying of write-in votes is to be done at the polling place, at each polling place using an electronic voting system, two tally sheets shall be included in each tally book. The tally sheets shall be used to record the proper write-in votes and shall be in substantially the same form provided in subsection 2 of section 115.461.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.473

  • 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
  • County: any county in this state or any city not within a county. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • Electronic voting system: a system of casting votes by use of marking devices, and counting votes by use of automatic air-gapped tabulating or air-gapped data processing equipment, including computerized voting systems that mark or tabulate ballots. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. 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
  • Precincts: the geographical areas into which the election authority divides its jurisdiction for the purpose of conducting elections. See Missouri Laws 115.013

3. Where tallying of write-in votes is to be done at the polling place, at each polling place using an electronic voting system, two statements of returns shall be provided to the election judges. The statements of returns shall be in substantially the following form:

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We hereby certify that BK had ______ write-in votes for governor, and SF had ______ write-in votes for governor, that JH had ______ write-in votes for representative in Congress, etc. We, the duly qualified and acting judges of the polling place for ______ precincts, at the general (special, primary) election held on the ______ day of ______, 20______, in ______ County (City of St. Louis, Kansas City), Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and accurate return of all write-in votes cast at this polling place for all candidates.
AB
CD Election Judges
EF
XP

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