{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-115.249","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.249","heading":"Standards required of voting machines.","body":"No voting machine shall be used unless it:\n(1) Permits voting in absolute secrecy;\n(2) Permits each voter to vote for as many candidates for each office as he is lawfully entitled to vote for, and no other;\n(3) Permits each voter to vote for or against as many questions as he is lawfully entitled to vote on, and no more;\n(4) Provides facilities for each voter to cast as many write-in votes for each office as he is lawfully entitled to cast;\n(5) Permits each voter in a primary election to vote for the candidates of only one party announced by the voter in advance;\n(6) Correctly registers or records and accurately counts all votes cast for each candidate and for and against each question;\n(7) Is provided with a lock or locks which prevent any movement of the voting or registering mechanism and any tampering with the mechanism;\n(8) Is provided with a protective counter or other device whereby any operation of the machine before or after an election will be detected;\n(9) Is provided with a counter which shows at all times during the election how many people have voted on the machine;\n(10) Is provided with a proper light which enables each voter, while voting, to clearly see the ballot labels.","path":["Title IX - SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS","Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=115.249","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"b44874f2ce259befaf360f487f4896b6ed1e889e012fb7d36c8c520e9619d665","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-115.247","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-115.255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}