DID YOU KNOW – That our first attempt to raise our levy only failed by 11 votes? So, your vote matters! The following information outlines how to vote absentee and how to register to vote. You must register by 10/09/2024 to vote at the 11/5/2024 election. That is when we will try to pass our levy initiative: Continued Excellence in Education again. Without your support, Hudson R-IX will not survive.
ABSENTEE VOTING: Absentee voting begins 6 weeks prior to the election. Voters must provide a reason for voting absentee; except during the two weeks prior to the election, you may vote a no-excuse absentee ballot in person at the Bates County Clerk’s Office.
When voting an absentee ballot in person, you must show an acceptable form of photo ID. In person absentee voters are not eligible for a provisional ballot.
Voters can request absentee ballots from the Bates County Clerk’s Office in person, by mail, by fax or by e-mail. Relatives within the second degree (spouse, parents and children) may complete an absentee ballot application, in person, on behalf of the voter who wishes to vote absentee.
Completed applications can be mailed to: Bates County Clerk’s Office, 103 W. Dakota, Room 1, Butler, MO 64730, faxed to: 660-227-7090 or emailed to: bates@sos.mo.gov.
Absentee applications must be in the clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday prior to the election.
For more information, check out: batescounty.net/elections-information
REGISTERING TO VOTE: You can register in person at the Bates County Clerk’s Office located in the Bates County Administration Building (103 W. Dakota St., Butler, MO.) You will need a form of acceptable ID. If the ID does not have a current address, you will need to bring paperwork that shows your Bates County address. To be eligible to vote, your registration form must be POSTMARKED by the 4th Wednesday before the election (10/9/2024).
Or you can go online to register through the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/register.
YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT ON AUGUST 20TH, 2024 FROM 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
What are acceptable forms of identification? A nonexpired Missouri driver or non-driver license; A nonexpired military ID, including a veteran’s ID card; A nonexpired US passport; or Another photo ID issued by the US or the state of Missouri which is either not expired or expired after the date of the most recent general election.