Missouri Laws 115.620 – Proxy voting, requirements
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.620
- 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
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Political party: any established political party and any new party. See Missouri Laws 115.013
- Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
- voter: is used in the laws of this state it shall mean registered voter, or legal voter. See Missouri Laws 1.035
Provisions for proxy voting for district committees organized under section 115.621 may be made by a political party. In the event that such provisions are not made, proxy voting shall only be allowed for legislative, congressional, senatorial, and judicial district committee meetings. In any event, a person may only serve as a proxy voter if such person is legally permitted to vote in the district in which the proxy resides.