MISSOURI’S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCESS – 2024
In 2024, Missouri is going to try something new. Instead of hosting a Presidential Preference Primary Election (as we have since the mid-1990s), the State has formally handed off responsibility to the state’s political party committees.
Pursuant to Section 115.776, the state political parties are to establish their own procedures for the selection of the convention delegates who ultimately decide upon the candidates for U.S. President.
Each will follow a separate process, on different dates. At this time, many of those details are still undetermined. However, this is the best information we have to date:
Republican Party: The Republican Central Committee in each County will be hosting a “caucus” at 10am on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Participants will be required to present a photo ID. For more information, see: https://missouri.gop/missouri-gop-2024-caucus/.
Democratic Party: The Missouri Democratic Party will host their own half-day primary election in each county from 8am until Noon on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Mail-in ballots may be submitted, but must be requested on or before March 12 and returned by 10am on March 23. For more information, see: https://www.missouridemocrats.org/delegate-selection
Libertarian Party: The Missouri Libertarian will host a statewide convention, to be held on February 24, 2024 in St. Louis. For more information, see: https://lpmo.org/2024-lpmo-state-convention/
Finally, more details about the process in general can be found on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/candidates/contact-parties
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – April 2, 2024
Sample Ballot
Voting Guide
The County Clerk is the Election Authority for Webster County and its municipalities and other political subdivisions, and is also responsible for conducting all public elections. Regular elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, August, & November. Special elections may also be called in February and June by certain public entities. Two notices displaying sample ballots and polling locations are published in the local newspaper two weeks prior to each election. Sample ballots will also be available on our website as well.
The Webster County Clerk’s Office is also responsible for all voter registration activities. There are nearly 25,000 registered voters in Webster County.
Any person who is qualified to vote, or who shall become qualified to vote on or before the day of election, shall be entitled to register in the jurisdiction within which he or she resides. In order to vote in any election for which registration is required, a person must be registered to vote in the State of Missouri no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday prior to the election. There are limited exceptions, primarily those defined in section 115.275. Any person registering after such date may be eligible to vote in subsequent elections.
Please be advised that it is very important that you notify the County Clerk’s office any time the address on your voter registration changes – preferably, well before election day. Registered voters that have a name change will also need to update that information with the County Clerk’s Office.
- Register to Vote
- Webster County Polling Locations
- Latest Results
- Election Results Archive
- 2024 Election Calendar
Register to Vote
Requirement to be a registered Voter:
- Be at least 17.5 years of age (You must be 18 years old to vote)
- Be a United States Citizen
Places that you can register to Vote:
- Libraries in Marshfield, Rogersville, & Seymour
- Any City Hall in Webster County
- County Clerk’s Office
- License Bureau
- Webster County Health Unit
- Webster County Division of Family Services
- Online
For more information, contact the Webster County Clerk’s Office at 417-859-VOTE (8683).
Absentee Ballots
The State of Missouri does not permit early voting as is the practice of some other jurisdictions. However, qualified voters who have a legal reason as provided by statute may be able to cast an absentee ballot prior to any given election. All absentee voters must sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury attesting as to their legal reason for voting by absentee ballot.
All requests to receive an absentee ballot by mail must be received by our office no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday immediately preceding an election. All absentee ballots voted via mail must be received by our office no later than 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election in order to be counted.
All qualified voters wishing to vote absentee in-person may do so in the County Clerk’s Office normally starting six weeks prior to the election. The County Clerk’s Office hours are normally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding any election.
If you are a Missouri registered voter and are qualified to vote absentee for an upcoming election, you have the following options:
- Personally come to the County Clerk’s Office located at 101 S. Crittenden St., Room 12, Marshfield, MO to vote an absentee ballot in person (if within six weeks of the election).
- Personally come to the County Clerk’s Office to complete an application for an absentee ballot to be mailed to you (if more than six weeks prior to the election).
- Personally send a written request to the County Clerk, 101 S. Crittenden St., Room 12, Marshfield, MO 65706, requesting a ballot, including the following information:
- a) Full name
- b) Voter registration number (if known)
- c) Specific (legal) reason as to why you are requesting an absentee ballot
- d) Residential address
- e) Mailing address (where to send ballot, if different than residence)
- f) Telephone number and/or e-mail address
- g) Signature
- Send a relative within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity (blood or marriage) to complete an application for an absentee ballot to be mailed to you on your behalf.
- Complete the Absentee Ballot Application Request form and submit it to the County Clerk.
If this application is for an Primary Election, please make sure to note the preferred party ballot that you wish to receive. If no party is listed, we will issue an Issues Only ballot.
Military and Overseas Citizen Voting
If you are a voter that is in the military or federal service, one of their dependents, or are a U.S. citizen residing overseas, you have a number of options to help you cast your ballot.
One place to start is the Missouri Secretary of State’s website, which features on on-line voting portal.
Another would be to complete a document known as a “Federal Post Card Application Request for Absentee Ballot”. Qualified voters upon making complete and proper application using the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) are able to designate on the form the time period in which they wish to receive absentee ballots. (FPCA will expire at the end of one year).
It is very important that qualified voters who have an FPCA form on file with this office keep their application current by providing the most up-to-date mailing address to which ballots should be sent, keeping their political party preference for primary elections current, and providing updates as to any other information contained on the FPCA form.
Election Day Workers
Qualifications: Pursuant to R.S.Mo. §115.085, “No person shall be appointed to serve as an election judge who is not a registered voter in this state; provided that, before any election authority may appoint judges who are registered voters of another election authority’s jurisdiction, the election authority shall obtain the written consent of the election authority for the jurisdiction where the prospective judges are registered to vote. Each election judge shall be a person of good repute and character who can speak, read, and write the English language. No person shall serve as an election judge at any polling place in which his or her name or the name of a relative within the second degree, by consanguinity or affinity, appears on the ballot. However, no relative of any unopposed candidate shall be disqualified from serving as an election judge in any election jurisdiction of the state. No election judge shall, during his or her term of office, hold any other elective public office, other than as a member of a political party committee or township office, except any person who is elected to a board or commission of a political subdivision or special district may serve as an election judge except at a polling place where such political subdivision or special district has an issue or candidate on the ballot. In any county having a population of less than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, any candidate for the county committee of a political party who is not a candidate for any other office and who is unopposed for election as a member of the committee shall not be disqualified from serving as an election judge.”
If you are interested in serving your community as an election worker, please contact the Webster County Clerk’s office at: 859-VOTE (8683).