Missouri § 115.017 - Election commissioners, where.
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§ 115.017. Election commissioners, where.
There shall be a board of election commissioners:
(1) In each county which has or hereafter has over nine hundred thousand inhabitants;
(2) In each city not situated in a county;
(3) In each city which has over three hundred thousand inhabitants on January 1, 1978, and is situated in more than one county;
(4) In each county of the first classification containing any part of a city which has over three hundred thousand inhabitants; provided that the county commission of a county which becomes a county of the first classification after December 31, 1998, may, prior to such date, adopt an order retaining the county clerk as the election authority. The county may subsequently establish a board of election commissioners as provided in subdivision (5) of this section;
(5) In each county of the first class which elects to have such a board through procedures provided in section 115.019.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 2.005, A.L. 1997 H.B. 761)
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