Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.512

  • County: any county in this state or any city not within a county. 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Political party: any established political party and any new party. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Each election authority shall report the vote for each candidate for governor by committee district for each congressional district, senatorial district, and legislative district wholly or partially contained within the jurisdiction of the election authority to the chairman of the county committee of each established political party and to the secretary of state.