115.157. Registration information may be computerized, information required--voter lists may be sold--candidates may receive list for reasonable fee--computerized registration system, requirements--vo
Registration information may be computerized, informationrequired--voter lists may be sold--candidates may receive list forreasonable fee--computerized registration system, requirements--voterhistory and information, how entered, when released--records closed,when.
115.157. 1. The election authority may place all information on anyregistration cards in computerized form in accordance with section 115.158.No election authority or secretary of state shall furnish to any member ofthe public electronic media or printout showing any registrationinformation, except as provided in this section. Except as provided insubsection 2 of this section, the election authority or secretary of stateshall make available electronic media or printouts showing unique voteridentification numbers, voters' names, dates of birth, addresses, townshipsor wards, and precincts. Electronic data shall be maintained in at leastthe following separate fields:
(1) Voter identification number;
(2) First name;
(3) Middle initial;
(4) Last name;
(5) Suffix;
(6) Street number;
(7) Street direction;
(8) Street name;
(9) Street suffix;
(10) Apartment number;
(11) City;
(12) State;
(13) Zip code;
(14) Township;
(15) Ward;
(16) Precinct;
(17) Senatorial district;
(18) Representative district;
(19) Congressional district.
All election authorities shall enter voter history in their computerizedregistration systems and shall, not more than six months after theelection, forward such data to the Missouri voter registration systemestablished in section 115.158. In addition, election authorities shallforward registration and other data in a manner prescribed by the secretaryof state to comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Except asprovided in subsection 2 of this section, the election authority shall alsofurnish, for a fee, electronic media or a printout showing the names, datesof birth and addresses of voters, or any part thereof, within thejurisdiction of the election authority who voted in any specific election,including primary elections, by township, ward or precinct, provided thatnothing in this chapter shall require such voter information to be releasedto the public over the Internet. The amount of fees charged forinformation provided in this section shall be established pursuant tochapter 610, RSMo. All revenues collected by the secretary of statepursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury andcredited to the secretary of state's technology trust fund accountestablished pursuant to section 28.160, RSMo. In even-numbered years, eachelection authority shall, upon request, supply the voter registration listfor its jurisdiction to all candidates and party committees for a chargeestablished pursuant to chapter 610, RSMo. Except as provided insubsection 2 of this section, all election authorities shall make theinformation described in this section available pursuant to chapter 610,RSMo. Any election authority who fails to comply with the requirements ofthis section shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 610, RSMo.
2. Any person working as an undercover officer of a local, state orfederal law enforcement agency, persons in witness protection programs, andvictims of domestic violence and abuse who have received orders ofprotection pursuant to chapter 455, RSMo, shall be entitled to apply to thecircuit court having jurisdiction in his or her county of residence to havethe residential address on his or her voter registration records closed tothe public if the release of such information could endanger the safety ofthe person. Any person working as an undercover agent or in a witnessprotection program shall also submit a statement from the chief executiveofficer of the agency under whose direction he or she is serving. Thepetition to close the residential address shall be incorporated into anypetition for protective order provided by circuit clerks pursuant tochapter 455, RSMo. If satisfied that the person filing the petition meetsthe qualifications of this subsection, the circuit court shall issue anorder to the election authority to keep the residential address of thevoter a closed record and the address may be used only for the purposes ofadministering elections pursuant to this chapter. The election authoritymay require the voter who has a closed residential address record to verifythat his or her residential address has not changed or to file a change ofaddress and to affirm that the reasons contained in the original petitionare still accurate prior to receiving a ballot. A change of address withinan election authority's jurisdiction shall not require that the voter filea new petition. Any voter who no longer qualifies pursuant to thissubsection to have his or her residential address as a closed record shallnotify the circuit court. Upon such notification, the circuit court shallvoid the order closing the residential address and so notify the electionauthority.
(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 7.070, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 1994 S.B. 635, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511)