Missouri Laws 115.243 – President and vice president to be considered one candidate — ballot, how ..
1. For the purposes of this chapter, the candidates for president and vice president of the United States from any political party or group of petitioners shall be considered one candidate. The names of the candidates for president and vice president from each political party or group of petitioners shall be enclosed in a brace directly to the left of the names in the appropriate column on the official ballot. Directly to the left of each brace shall be printed one square, the sides of which are not less than one-fourth inch in length. The names of candidates for presidential electors shall not be printed on the ballot but shall be filed with the secretary of state in the manner provided in section 115.399.
2. A vote for any candidate for president and vice president shall be a vote for their electors.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.243
- Ballot: the paper ballot, or ballot designed for use with an electronic voting system on which each voter may cast all votes to which he or she is entitled at an election. See Missouri Laws 115.013
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Political party: any established political party and any new party. See Missouri Laws 115.013
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. When presidential and vice-presidential candidates are to be elected, the following instruction shall be printed on the official ballot: “A vote for candidates for President and Vice President is a vote for their electors.”.