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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.240 (2026)

Certification to election authorities of notice to be published

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  116.240.  Certification to election authorities of notice to be published — contents. — Not later than the tenth Tuesday prior to an election at which a statewide ballot measure is to be voted on, the secretary of state shall send each election authority a certified copy of the legal notice to be published.  The legal notice shall include the date and time of the election and a sample ballot.

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(L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Blunt, 135 S.W.3d 416 (Mo. 2004).
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State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Blunt, 135 S.W.3d 416 (Mo. 2004). · cites it 52× “Section 116.240 states: Not later than the tenth Tuesday prior to an election at which a statewide ballot measure is to be voted on, the secretary of state shall send each election authority a certified copy of the legal notice to be published.”
Jim Boeving, Patty Arrowood, Robert E. Pund, & Robert A. Klein v. Missouri Sec'y of State Jason Kander, Raise Your Hand for Kids, & Erin Brower, 496 S.W.3d 498 (Mo. 2016). · cites it 2× “4 provides: “In making the legal notice to election *505 authorities under section 116.240, and for the purposes of section 116.”
Missourians Against Human Cloning v. Carnahan, 190 S.W.3d 451 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “banc 2004) (the ten-week legal notice requirement of Section 116.240 could not take precedence over the Governor's constitutional authority to call a special election for a proposed constitutional amendment).”
Hancock v. Sec'y of State, 885 S.W.2d 42 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “In making the legal notice to election authorities under section 116.240, the Secretary of State shall ■ certify the language which the court certifies to him.”
Cole v. Carnahan, 272 S.W.3d 392 (Mo. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 6× “At this time, the trial court's certification of a corrected official ballot title to the Secretary of State for her certification of the legal notice to election authorities under section 116.240, RSMo 2000, is prohibited by section 115.”
Dr. Anna Fitz-James v. John R. Ashcroft, Missouri Sec'y of State (Mo. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “4 goes on to provide that “[i]n making the legal notice to election authorities under section 116.240, and for the purposes of section 116.”
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