Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.555

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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

All contested elections for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer and state auditor shall be heard and determined by the supreme court. Likewise, all contests to the results of elections on constitutional amendments, on state statutes submitted or referred to the voters, and on questions relating to the retention of appellate and circuit judges subject to Article V, Section 25 of the State Constitution shall be heard and determined by the supreme court.

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