Jefferson County Election Authority

General Information

office hours

The office is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. In addition, the office is also open the Saturday preceding an election between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

location

The Election Authority is located at 729 Maple St., Hillsboro MO 63050.

voter identification

The Jefferson County Election Authority requires all voters to show some form of identification, with a signature for comparison purposes, in order to vote.

Your Voter Registration I.D. Card is preferred for identification because it contains your township and precinct, information we need to keep the lines moving smoothly. If you forget your I.D. Card you can still vote but you will need to present some other form of identification with your signature.

Acceptable forms of identification include any identification issued by the state of Missouri, an agency of the state, or a local election authority of the state; identification issued by the United States government or agency; Driver's license or state identification card issued by another state; identification issued by an institution of higher education, including a university, college, vocational and technical school, located with the state of Missouri.

lost voter i.d. card

Voter I.D. Cards may be replaced by contacting the Voter Registration Office, giving your name and address, at (636)797-5485.

New I.D. Cards will be mailed to new voters when they register and to anyone who changes his or her address.

election days

There are five statutory election dates each year. They are the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, April, June, August and November.

Prior to each election our office will mail each properly registered voter an information notice giving the date of the election and the name and address of their polling place.

The polling places will open promptly at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m.

Election Judges are needed for Polling Places

Interested in working at the poll on Election Day? Application

Regular Judges pay - $105.00

Supervisory Judges - $125.00 plus $22.00 Seminar pay

Special Services For Those With Physical Disabilities

All polling place locations will be supplied with new handicapped accessible voting machines. Physically challenged and visually impaired voters will be able to conveniently use these new voting machines. If you wish to not vote at your particular polling place due to an illlness or disability, you may vote in our office, between our office hours, at the Administration Building. We are located at 729 Maple St. Hillsboro, MO, 63050. You may also vote absentee by mail. You may do this by clicking on the absentee application link.

If you would like to use your own polling place but are unable to leave your car, a bi-partisan team of election judges will bring your ballot to your vehicle in order to curbside vote.

Voter Registration Field Operations

The Jefferson County Voter Registration maintains over 50 Registration Sites.

State election laws also provide for registration by mail, at all motor vehicle registration offices upon license renewal and all state offices providing public assistance. For more information call (636) 797-5486.

Qualifications for registering to vote

To register to vote in Jefferson County, a person must:

� Be a U.S. Citizen

� Must be 17 � years of age (18 years old by election day)

� Be a resident of Jefferson County

For additional registration information, please call (636) 797-5486.

Absentee Voting

Only those who will be prevented from going to the polls on Election Day for one of the following reasons may vote by absentee ballot:

q Voters who will be absent on Election Day from the jurisdiction of the election authority in which they are registered.

q Incapacity or confinement due to illness or physical disability/including caring for a person who is incapacitated or confined due to illness or disability.

q Religious belief or practice.

q Employment as an election authority or by an election authority at a location other than their polling place.

q Incarceration, although they have retained all the necessary qualifications for voting.

All military, or any Jefferson County resident living outside the U.S., may request an absentee ballot by filling out Form 76 (Federal Post Card Registration and Absentee Ballot Request Form) in lieu of a written request. In addition, their affidavit envelopes do not have to be notarized.

If you are hospitalized after 5:00 p.m. the Wednesday prior to an election, at your request, a bi-partisan team of election judges will come to your hospital room to allow you to vote.

In order to receive an absentee ballot we will need a written request. You must reapply for a new ballot for each election. Absentee Application Absentee ballot requests must be made to the Election Authority no later than 5:00 p.m. the Wednesday before the election. Your letter should contain the following information:

Your name
Your Jefferson County residence address
The address where the ballot is to be mailed
Your reason for voting absentee
The date of the election for which you are requesting
Your political party preference - Primary Elections Only
The signatures of everyone requesting a ballot

If you are voting absentee, your notarized affidavit envelope, with your voted ballot inside, must be returned to the Election Authority no later than 7:00 p.m. the day of the election either by the voter in person, through the mail or by registered carrier.

You may vote an absentee ballot at the County Clerk/Voter Registration Office in Hillsboro from 42 days before an election until 5: 00 p.m. the day before an election. For elections with federal candidates on the ballot, new residents who move to Jefferson County after the last day to register may vote in person at the election office until 7:00 p.m. on Election Day

If a son or daughter is away at college a member of the immediate family may apply in person at the Voter Registration Office to request a ballot be sent to him or her.

Absentee ballots are mailed to voters by Certified Mail.

Data Processing Services Available to the Public

Registered Voters - Countywide, district or township/precinct.

History of Election - April 1996 to present is available by electronic data.

Application to request

election information

Jefferson County uses the optical scan voting system

If you have never used this form of voting before, feel free to ask for a demonstration in the Voter Registration Office or at the polling place before you vote. Using the felt tip marker you will need to fill in the circle next to the name of the candidate you wish to vote for or the YES or NO answer if it is a proposition.

Read the sample ballot that is published in the newspaper before you go to vote. This way you will not be surprised by anything you see on the ballot when you enter the voting booth.

Party Preference

Missouri does not register voters by political party so you will not be asked your party affiliation when you register, but you are required by Missouri Law to choose only one party ballot when you vote at each Primary Election. You must request a party ballot from the election judges when you vote at a Primary Election, but you do not have to choose the same party ballot at subsequent Primaries.

Filing for County Offices

The date to file for County Offices begins at 8:00 a.m. on the last Tuesday in February immediately preceding the primary election and ends at 5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday in March immediately preceding the primary election.

County Offices filing fees are $50.00, payable to the Political Party filing under.

In addition, the County Clerk is responsible for inspecting and reviewing all voter precinct boundaries within Jefferson County.