115.205. Voter registration solicitors, registration--required information--oath--penalty, acceptance of applications. - Missouri Statutes

Voter registration solicitors, registration--requiredinformation--oath--penalty, acceptance of applications.

115.205. 1. Any person who is paid or otherwise compensated forsoliciting more than ten voter registration applications, other than agovernmental entity or a person who is paid or compensated by agovernmental entity for such solicitation, shall be registered with thesecretary of state as a voter registration solicitor. A voter registrationsolicitor shall register for every election cycle that begins on the dayafter the general election and ends on the day of the general election twoyears later. A voter registration solicitor shall be at least eighteenyears of age and shall be a registered voter in the state of Missouri.

2. Each voter registration solicitor shall provide the followinginformation in writing to the secretary of state's office:

(1) The name of the voter registration solicitor;

(2) The residential address, including street number, city, state,and zip code;

(3) The mailing address, if different from the residential address;

(4) Whether the voter registration solicitor expects to be paid forsoliciting voter registrations;

(5) If the voter registration solicitor expects to be paid, theidentity of the payor; or

(6) The signature of the voter registration solicitor.

3. The solicitor information required in subsection 2 of this sectionshall be submitted to the secretary of state's office with the followingoath and affirmation:

"I HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT ALL STATEMENTS MADEBY ME ARE TRUE AND CORRECT.".

4. Any voter registration solicitor who knowingly fails to registerwith the secretary of state is guilty of a class three election offense.Voter registration applications shall be accepted by the election authorityif such applications are otherwise valid, even if the voter registrationsolicitor who procured the applications fails to register with or submitsfalse information to the secretary of state.

(L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730)