116.310. Time limited for designating challengers and watchers for polling places and counting locations--effect of failure to designate by prescribed time.
Time limited for designating challengers and watchers for pollingplaces and counting locations--effect of failure to designate byprescribed time.
116.310. 1. Not later than the Tuesday prior to an electionon a statewide ballot measure, each county campaign committeechairman who had the right to designate challengers under section116.300 shall designate such challengers, who may be present ateach polling place during the hours of voting. Each such chairmanshall also by the same time designate a challenger for eachlocation at which absentee ballots are counted. The challengers sodesignated may be present while the ballots are being prepared forcounting and being counted.
2. Not later than the Tuesday prior to an election on astatewide ballot measure, each campaign committee chairman who hasthe right to designate watchers under section 116.300 shalldesignate a watcher for each place votes are counted.
3. After challengers and watchers have been designated, theprovisions contained in sections 115.105, 115.107, 115.109, and115.111, RSMo, shall apply to them.
4. Failure to designate challengers and watchers by theprescribed times shall cause the county campaign committee toforfeit its right to name such persons for those omitted locationsfor that election.
(L. 1980 S.B. 658)Effective 1-1-81