Missouri

Status of Audit Legislation: 
Law since 1990
Link to Text of Legislation: 
Missouri's law (15 CSR 30-10.110)
Notes: 

State Summary

Put in place by the Secretary of State in 1990, Missouri's audit rule requires an audit for a large number of local, state-wide, and federal contests, as well as any contest within a certain close vote margin. Audit results are not binding on the official election results and they do not lead to a full recount.

 

Unless otherwise noted, all citations below are to the Missouri Code of State Regulations, Title 15, “Elected Officials,” Division 30, Rule 30-10.110, “Manual recount.” The rule is available as a pdf at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/15csr/15c30-10.pdf.

Sampling Method: 

No less than one precinct for every 100 precincts.

Trigger: 

No trigger is indicated.

Oversight: 
Secretary of State and the Accuracy Certification Team
Who Conducts the Audit?: 
local election officials
Location of Random Selection: 
State
Types of Voting Machines in Use: 
Both optical scan and DREs For more detailed information, see Verified Voting's website: http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?&topic_string=5std&year=2008&state=Missouri
Races that are Audited: 
One (1) contested race or ballot issue to be manually recounted shall be randomly selected from each of the following categories, where applicable: 1. Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors, United States senate candidates and state-wide candidates; 2. State- wide ballot issues; 3. United States representative candidates and state general assembly candidates; 4. Partisan circuit and associate circuit judge candidates and all nonpartisan judicial retention candidates; and 5. In addition to the candidates and issues previously listed, the manual recount team shall select not less than three (3) contested races or ballot issues from all political subdivisions and special districts, including the county, in the selected precinct(s). When there are three (3) or fewer contested races or ballot issues within this category at a selected precinct, all shall be counted.
Voting Units that are Audited: 
Precincts
Timeline for Audit: 

Before Certification

Completed Before Certification?: 

Yes

Absentees, Provisionals and Early Voting: 
Law is unclear
Additional Resources: 
Missouri Election Laws
Missouri Revised Statutes - Title IX - Elections
Missouri Secretary of State
Missouri Audit Info from CEI