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Early voting open in Missouri

3 November 2022

If you live in Missouri, I want to make sure you know that a new law allows voters to vote early in person without an excuse, starting two weeks prior to Election Day. (It’s called “no-excuse absentee ballot in person.”) To me, that’s big progress. Two years ago, I became a notary because voters who wanted to vote early without an excuse had to have their ballots notarized and mail it in.

Here in the St. Louis area, there a few central spots where people can vote including particular library branches and the board of elections. Here’s a link to the St. Louis County information and St. Louis City information (scroll down to “No Excuse Needed Absentee Polling Places”).

Yesterday, I went to the Schlafly branch of the public library and voted. (I snapped that selfie right after.) There were absolutely no lines, I was greeted cheerfully, and the whole process took less than five minutes. The technology has been updated so that the individual voter’s ballot is printed on the spot. (I always vote on a paper ballot; I’m not exactly sure how it works for those who choose to vote by machine.) That means you don’t have to go to a specific polling place as in past years.

If you live in Missouri, check out the Secretary of State’s voting page for links to your local jurisdiction so you can see where you can vote. Please note that Missouri now requires a valid, government-issued photo ID, like a Missouri driver’s or non-driver’s license, passport or military ID.

If you live elsewhere, you can go to Vote.org. to see the rules where you can vote.

This election is exceedingly important. I’m delighted that Missouri has made it a little bit easier to cast a ballot.

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