2013 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 115 Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections
Section 115.257 Voting machines to be put in order, procedure to be followed.

Voting machines to be put in order, procedure to be followed.

115.257. 1. In jurisdictions where voting machines are used, the election authority shall cause the voting machines to be put in order, set, adjusted and made ready for voting before they are delivered to polling places. Before delivery to the polling places, the election authority shall have all recording counters, except the protective counter on each voting machine set at zero (000).

2. At least five days before preparing voting machines for any election, notice of the time and place of such preparation shall be mailed to each independent candidate and the chairman of the county committee of each established political party named on the ballot. The preparation shall be watched by two observers designated by the election authority, one from each major political party, and shall be open to representatives of the political parties, candidates, the news media and the public.

3. When a machine has been examined by such observers and shown to be in good working order, the machine shall be locked against voting and sealed in their presence with a numbered metal seal. The observers shall certify the number on each machine, the number on each protective counter, the number on each seal and that each recording counter is set at zero.

4. After a voting machine has been properly prepared, locked and sealed, its keys shall be retained by the election authority and delivered to the election judges along with the other election supplies.

5. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the on-site storage of voting machines and the preparation of the machines for voting, provided the voting machines are put in order, set, adjusted and made ready for voting as provided in subsections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 8.320, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)