115.167. Change of name of registered voter, procedure for. - Missouri Statutes

Change of name of registered voter, procedure for.

115.167. If a registered voter obtains a lawful namechange, including a change because of marriage, the voter shallnotify the election authority of such change and the electionauthority shall, upon notification, enter the change on thevoter's registration cards. After filling in the voter's newname and transferring other necessary information from thevoter's previous registration cards to a new set of cards, theelection authority may send new cards to the voter for signatureor may require the voter to sign new cards at the polls. If theelection authority does require the voter to sign new cards, thenew cards shall become the voter's official registration cards.A registered voter who obtains a lawful name change may, afternotifying the election judges of the name change, vote at oneelection under the previous name. The election judges shallnotify the election authority of the voter's name change and theelection authority shall enter the change on the voter'sregistration cards as provided for in this section.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 7.105, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 31)