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Missouri elections, 2013
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2013 elections
Special elections
U.S. House of Representatives
- The 8th congressional district of Missouri will hold a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives on June 4, 2013.[1] There will be no special primary elections. Instead, the Democratic and Republican Party Committees will choose nominees.[2] Candidates nominated by the political parties have until March 30, 2013 to file their candidacy with the secretary of state. The special election will be held on June 4, 2013.[3] The election will be held to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R). Emerson official resigned on January 22, 2013.[2]
State House District 76
- Chris Carter (D) resigned his seat in the Missouri House of Representatives after he was elected to succeed his uncle on the St. Louis board of aldermen. A special election to fill the vacancy was held on April 2.[4][5][6]
- Related: See election results here.
- See also: Missouri state legislative special elections, 2013
State House District 157
- Don Ruzicka (R) resigned his seat in the Missouri House of Representatives after he was appointed to the Board of Probation and Parole by Gov. Jay Nixon. A special election to fill the vacancy was held on April 2.[4][7][8]
- Related: See election results here.
- See also: Missouri state legislative special elections, 2013
Voting absentee
- See also: Absentee Voting
Eligibility
You are eligible to vote absentee in an election if you cannot make it to the polls on election day for one of the following reasons:
- Will be absent from your voting jurisdiction on election day
- Are incapacitated or confined due to illness or physical disability, or caring for an incapacitated person
- Are restricted by religious belief or practice
- Are employed by an election authority
- Are incarcerated but have retained all your voting qualifications
Deadlines
To vote absentee a request must be received by 5pm on the Wednesday prior to the election. The ballot must then be returned by close of polls on election day.
Military and overseas voting
For full details, visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program here.
Voting early
- See also: Early voting
Missouri allows early in-person voting, but only for those who will not be in their home county on the day of the election.
2013 developments
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander appointed an 11-member commission to review the state's election laws with the goal of increasing participation in early voting. The commission proposed removing the restriction on early voting and creating one polling place in each district where residents could vote early up to six weeks before election day.[9]
Additionally, the proposal would require districts with more than 175,000 registered voters to open up additional locations for early voting for a November presidential election. The locations would be required to be open at least four hours a day for a minimum of 14 days prior to the election.[9]
Elections Performance Index
Missouri ranked 17th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2010 elections. The EPI examines election administration performance assigning an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. The indicators were chosen within the framework of determining the convenience and integrity of each of the three administrative phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Missouri received an overall score of 68%.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ The Hill "Emerson’s resignation sets off free-for-all in Missouri House race," January 22, 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedfix - ↑ Missouri Secretary of State "Special Election," accessed February 1, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CBS St. Louis, "Nixon Sets Elections for Vacant Mo. House Seats," January 17, 2013
- ↑ sos.mo.gov, "Missouri Secretary of State," Accessed April 1, 2013
- ↑ wgem.com, "GOPs, Dems hold own in Mo. House elections," April 3, 2013
- ↑ KTTS, "Candidates Named In Special House Election," February 6, 2013
- ↑ ozarksfirst.com, "Republican Mike Moon Wins Special Election in Lawrence County," April 2, 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Daily Journal Online, "Mo. panel publishes early voting recommendations," February 28, 2013
- ↑ Pew Charitable Trusts, Election Performance Index Report
