Voter’s guide to the November 3 general election in Missouri

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ST. LOUIS – The general election is November 3, but voters have a lot of options to cast their ballots early this year. FOX 2 has curated a list of polling places, early voting options, helpful links, candidates, ballot measures and more.

Due to the pandemic, many have been interested in absentee voting. Below is a graphic from the Saint Louis County Board of Elections. St. Louis County voters can vote at any polling place in the county. Polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the primary election day. All voters and poll workers will be required to wear a mask inside all polling places.

Voting:

Absentee voting begins six weeks prior to each election. A qualified registered voter may apply for their own absentee ballot, or an absentee ballot for a family member within the first or second degree of consanguinity or affinity by email, mail, in-person, or fax. Click here for an absentee ballot application for St. Louis County.

St. Louis City allows voters to vote absentee by mail or vote absentee in person. Click here for more information.

St. Charles County voters can vote absentee via mail or by voting absentee in person. For more information click here.

Missouri Constitutional Amendments

Constitutional Amendment 1

There are two statewide ballot measures. Constitutional Amendment 1 would restrict the offices of Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor and the Attorney General to two terms. Each term would be four years just like the Governor and Treasurer. It will read as follows on the ballot:

Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to extend the two
term restriction that currently applies to the Governor and Treasurer to
the Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor and the Attorney General?
State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings
from this proposal.

Constitutional Amendment 3

The second statewide ballot measure is Constitutional Amendment 3. It would ban paid lobbyists from giving gifts to legislators and their employees, reduce the amount of money someone can contribute to a legislative campaign and change whose responsibility it is to draw state legislative districts from the Nonpartisan State Demographer to a Governor-appointed bipartisan commissions. It will read as follows on the ballot:

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
*Ban gifts from paid lobbyists to legislators and their employees;
*Reduce legislative campaign contribution limits;
*Change the redistricting process voters approved in 2018 by: (i) transferring responsibility for drawing state legislative districts from the Nonpartisan State Demographer to Governor-appointed bipartisan commissions; (ii) modifying and reordering the redistricting criteria.
State governmental entities expect no cost or savings. Individual
local governmental entities

Who is on your ballot?

Each municipality will have their own ballot measures as well. Each municipality’s board of elections will have a sample ballot with their specific ballot measures on them in order to look at them ahead of voting.

The November 3 general election will have the party’s presidential nominees listed.