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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.015 (2026)

Election authority established and defined

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  115.015.  Election authority established and defined. — The county clerk shall be the election authority, except that in a city or county having a board of election commissioners, the board of election commissioners shall be the election authority.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 2.001)

Effective 1-01-78

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1984–2018 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Thomas v. Neeley, 128 S.W.3d 920 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004).
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State Ex Rel. Thomas v. Neeley, 128 S.W.3d 920 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 3× “015, RSMo 2000, provides that “[t]he county clerk shall be the election authority, except that in a city or county having a board of election commissioners, the board of election commissioners shall be the election authority.”
Missouri Prot. & Advocacy Servs., Inc. v. Carnahan, 499 F.3d 803 (8th Cir. 2007). “” See Mo.Rev.Stat. §§ 115.015, 115.141, 115.023.”
Miller v. Frank, 519 S.W.3d 472 (Mo. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Under Section 115.015, the county clerk is designated the default election authority for counties not having a board of election commissioners.”
Beatty v. Metro. St. Louis Sewer Dist., 700 S.W.2d 831 (Mo. 1985). “§§ 115.015, .499, RSMo 1978. The second of these provisions is that “the board of state canvassers .”
Magruder v. Petre, 690 S.W.2d 830 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “The defendant county clerk, the “election authority” (see § 115.015, RSMo 1978) of Macon County, informed the plaintiff that he was not eligible for the office of sheriff because of his prior felony conviction and omitted his name from the printed ballots for the primary.”
Landwersiek v. Dunivan, 147 S.W.3d 141 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). “See § 115.015. On June 4, 2003, Dunivan, in his capacity as election authority, certified the election results as follows: Appellant received 203 votes, Wright received 203 votes, and Hopkins received 21 votes.”
Reeves v. Bockman, 101 S.W.3d 280 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “In cases where the candidate filed or the ballot question was originally filed with an election authority as defined in section 115.015, such recount shall be requested in accordance with the provisions of section 115.”
Fay v. Stephenson, 552 S.W.3d 753 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). “Pursuant to § 115.015, Fay named County Clerk Suzan Stephenson as the defendant.”
State ex inf. Ashcroft v. Alexander, 673 S.W.2d 36 (Mo. 1984). · cites it 2× “Section 115.015 established the county clerk as election authority except in city or counties having a board of election commissioners.”
City of Lexington v. Seaton, 819 S.W.2d 753 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991). “Finally, the county clerk is the election authority, unless the city or county maintains a board of election commissioners, who are then the election authority, § 115.015. . The court is aware that § 115.”
MO Prot. v. Robin Carnahan (8th Cir. 2007). “” See Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 115.015 , 115.141, 115.”
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