Maries County absentee balloting in progress

Posted 10/3/18

Maries County residents have until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, to register to vote or update their voter registration.

The ballot includes a Maries County Presiding Commissioner race and …

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Maries County absentee balloting in progress

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Maries County residents have until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, to register to vote or update their voter registration.

The ballot includes a Maries County Presiding Commissioner race and multiple state propositions. 

Maries County Clerk Rhonda Rodgers said her office in the courthouse, which regularly closes at 4 p.m., will be open an hour later on that day to accommodate voters who want to register. Voter registration can be done at any time at her office Monday through Friday. 

Rodgers said citizens also can register to vote online at the Missouri Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.mo.gov. When voters register online, the information is then sent to the Maries County Clerk’s Office.

There are 6,033 registered voters in Maries County. This number is constantly changing with each new registration, relocation or death. 

Rodgers, as always, encourages everyone to become registered to vote in order to participate in the democracy. 

“Come, and get registered and then exercise your right to vote,” Rodgers said.

The last day the clerk’s office can mail an absentee ballot is Oct. 31. 

The county clerk’s office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3, to accept absentee ballots.

Absentee voting is in progress until 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5. 

Rodgers said the first day of absentee voting, her office mailed about 30 ballots. She said because some of the propositions on the Nov. 6 general election ballot have been challenged in court, the regular ballots have not yet arrived as they were awaiting legal court decisions before printing them. Because of this, a PDF was used and the ballots were printed on a copy machine. Once the professionally printed ballots arrive, the clerk’s office will begin using those. 

Rodgers stressed that voters should not be alarmed about the paper ballots because it is just part of the process the election authorities have to work with. Those who vote on the paper ballots can be assured their votes will be counted.