The deadline for first-time voters to register to vote is Wednesday, October 12.

This deadline also applies to voters who are registered outside of Missouri but have moved into the state. To register, bring ID to the Nodaway County Clerk’s office in the Nodaway County Administration Center, 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Registration can also be completed on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website, sos.mo.gov.

“There is a brief form they fill out in our office and they have to show ID,” Melinda Patton, Nodaway County clerk, said. “With the passing of HB1878, an active Missouri voter, who is already registered in another Missouri county, no longer falls under that unregistered voter deadline.  They can register any time, even on election day and vote.”

IDs required to vote are outline in RSMo 115.427:

1.  Persons seeking to vote in a public election shall establish their identity and eligibility to vote at the polling place or, if voting absentee in person under section 115.277, at the office of the election authority or other authorized location designated by the election authority by presenting a form of personal photo identification to election officials. No form of personal photo identification other than the forms listed in this section shall be accepted to establish a voter’s qualifications to vote.

Forms of personal photo identification that satisfy the requirements of this section are any one of the following:

(1)  Nonexpired Missouri driver’s license;

(2)  Nonexpired or nonexpiring Missouri nondriver’s license;

(3)  A document that satisfies all of the following requirements:

(a)  The document contains the name of the individual to whom the document was issued, and the name substantially conforms to the most recent signature in the individual’s voter registration record;

(b)  The document shows a photograph of the individual;

(c)  The document includes an expiration date, and the document is not expired, or, if expired, the document expired after the date of the most recent general election; and

(d)  The document was issued by the United States or the state of Missouri; or

(4)  Any identification containing a photograph of the individual which is issued by the Missouri National Guard, the United States Armed Forces, including the Space Force, or the United States Department of Veteran Affairs to a member or former member of the Missouri National Guard or the United States Armed Forces, including the Space Force, and that is not expired or does not have an expiration date.

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