115.165. Transfer of registration, how, when--procedure.
Transfer of registration, how, when--procedure.
115.165. 1. If the voter files a change of address application inperson at the office of the election authority, at the polling place, orpursuant to section 115.159, 115.160, 115.162 or 115.193, or otherwiseprovides signed written notice of the move, including notice by facsimiletransmission, an election authority may change the address on a voterregistration record for a voter who moves within the election authority'sjurisdiction after comparing and verifying the signature. Before changingthe address on a voter record, the election authority shall be satisfiedthat the record is that of the person providing the change of addressinformation.
2. A registered voter who has changed his or her residence within anelection authority's jurisdiction and has not been removed from the list ofregistered voters pursuant to this chapter shall be permitted to file achange of address with the election authority or before an election judgeat a polling place and vote at a central polling place or at the pollingplace that serves his or her new address upon written or oral affirmationby the voter of the new address.
3. If the applicant for registration was last registered in anotherjurisdiction within this state or another state, the election authorityshall send notice of the registration to the election authority where theapplicant was previously registered. The election authority sending thenotice shall provide identifying information to assist the electionauthority receiving the notice to determine whether the person named waspreviously registered in such jurisdiction and whether, based on theidentifying information provided, the application can be removed from thevoting record in the former jurisdiction.
4. Upon receipt of a notice from another election authority that avoter has registered in another jurisdiction in this state or anotherstate, the election authority shall determine whether sufficientinformation is provided in the notice to identify the person named in suchnotice as previously registered in the election authority's jurisdictionand presently removable from the voting records in the election authority'sjurisdiction. Every election authority is authorized to examine theinformation provided in a notice of duplicate registration provided by theMissouri voter registration system authorized pursuant to section 115.158to determine if a voter in one election authority's voter registrationrecords has subsequently registered in another jurisdiction. If, afterreviewing the information provided, the election authority is satisfiedthat the person identified in the notice is listed as a registered voter inthe election authority's jurisdiction but has subsequently registered inanother jurisdiction, the election authority may remove the person'sregistration from the list of registered voters.
(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 7.090, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1986 S.B. 709 merged with H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 31, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1411, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511)