Missouri Laws 115.275 – Definitions relative to absentee ballots
As used in sections 115.275 to 115.304, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean:
(1) “Absentee ballot”, any ballot a person is authorized to cast in the office of the election authority, by mail, or at another authorized location designated by the election authority pursuant to the provisions of sections 115.275 to 115.304;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.275
- 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
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- District: an area within the state or within a political subdivision of the state from which a person is elected to represent the area on a policy-making body with representatives of other areas in the state or political subdivision. 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- 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
- voter: is used in the laws of this state it shall mean registered voter, or legal voter. See Missouri Laws 1.035
(2) “Covered voter”:
(a) A uniformed services voter who is registered to vote in this state;
(b) A uniformed services voter defined in this section whose voting residence is in this state and who otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements;
(c) An overseas voter;
(d) Civilian employees of the United States government working outside the boundaries of the United States, and their spouses and dependents;
(e) Active members of religious or welfare organizations assisting servicemen, and their spouses and dependents; or
(f) Persons who have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces, including the Space Force, or who have terminated their service or employment in any group mentioned in this section within sixty days of an election, and their spouses and dependents;
(3) “Interstate former resident”, a former resident and registered voter in this state who moves from Missouri to another state after the deadline to register to vote in any presidential election in the new state and who otherwise possesses the qualifications to register and vote in such state;
(4) “New resident”, a person who moves to this state after the last date authorized in this chapter to register to vote in any presidential election;
(5) “Overseas voter”:
(a) A person who resides outside the United States and is qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States; or
(b) A person who resides outside the United States and, but for such residence, would be qualified to vote in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States;
(6) “Uniformed services”:
(a) Active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard of the United States;
(b) The Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States; or
(c) The Missouri National Guard;
(7) “Uniformed services voter”, an individual who is qualified to vote and is:
(a) A member of the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard of the United States who is on active duty;
(b) A member of the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States;
(c) A member on activated status of the National Guard; or
(d) A spouse or dependent of a member referred to in this subdivision;
(8) “United States”, used in the territorial sense, the several states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.