115.053. Election authority deputies--bipartisan requirement--duties, compensation. - Missouri Statutes

Election authority deputies--bipartisan requirement--duties,compensation.

115.053. 1. Each election authority may appoint such evennumber of additional deputies as it deems necessary to carry outthe provisions of subsection 3 of this section. One-half of thedeputies shall be members of one major political party, andone-half of the deputies shall be members of the other majorpolitical party.

2. Each deputy appointed under the provisions of thissection shall be a registered voter of the jurisdiction for whichhe is appointed. No such deputy shall be a candidate for anyoffice in an election at which he serves or a relative within thethird degree, by consanguinity or affinity, to any person whosename appears on the ballot in an election at which he serves.

3. At the direction of the election authority, such deputiesmay investigate the facts and conditions relating to theresidence and voting rights of any person. Upon direction by theelection authority, such deputies may attend and be present atany polling place, witness and report to the election authorityany failure of duty, fraud or irregularity, instruct electionjudges, supervise voting procedures and perform any other lawfulfunction prescribed by the election authority.

4. The deputies shall be paid an amount determined by theelection authority, subject to approval of the legislative bodyor bodies responsible for providing the salaries of otherelection authority employees and payable from the same source asthe salary of the election authority.

5. Deputies shall serve for such time as the electionauthority determines and may be dismissed summarily by theelection authority. At no time, however, shall more deputiesfrom one major political party serve than deputies from the othermajor political party.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 2.090)

Effective 1-1-78