§ RSMo § 115.019Voters may petition to establish a board of election commissioners, procedure — form of petition

1. Any group of registered voters from any county of the first classification not having a board of election commissioners may circulate a petition for the formation of a board. 2. The petition shall be signed by the number of registered voters in the county equal to at least fifteen percent of the total votes cast in the county for governor at the last gubernatorial election. 3. Petitions proposing the formation of a board of election commissioners in any county of the first classification shall be filed with the election authority of the county not later than 5:00 p.m. on the thirteenth Tuesday preceding a general election. 4. Each petition for the formation of a board of election commissioners shall consist of sheets of uniform size. The space for signatures on either side of a petition page shall be no larger than eight and one-half by fourteen inches, and each page shall contain signatures of registered voters from only one county. Each page of each petition for the formation of a board of election commissioners shall be in substantially the following form: ­ To the Honorable ______, county clerk of ______ County: We, the undersigned, citizens and registered voters of ______ County, respectfully order that the following question be placed on the official ballot, for acceptance or rejection, at the next general election to be held on the ______ day of ______, ______: Should a board of election commissioners be established in ______ County to assume responsibility for the registration of voters and the conduct of elections?; and each for himself or herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a registered voter of the state of Missouri and ______ County; my registered voting address and the name of the city, town or village in which I live are correctly written after my name. CIRCULATOR'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF ______ I, ______, a resident of the state of Missouri, being first duly sworn, say (print or type names of signers) REGISTERED VOTING NAME (Signature) DATE SIGNED ADDRESS (Street) ZIP CODE CONG DIST. NAME (Printed or (City, Typed) Town or Village) (Here follow numbered lines for signers) signed this page of the foregoing petition, and each of them signed his or her name thereto in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or her name, registered voting address and city, town or village correctly, and that each signer is a registered voter of the state of Missouri and ______ County. __________________ Signature of Affiant (Person obtaining signatures) __________________ Address of Affiant Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of ____, A.D. ____ __________________ Signature of Notary Notary Public (Seal) My commission expires ______