Amity, Missouri Public Records

Missouri residents can register to vote online at https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/register, or by submitting a voter registration application directly to the De Kalb County Clerk. The registration deadline falls on the fourth Wednesday prior to any election. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Missouri residents, at least 17.5 years old (turning 18 by election day), and not convicted of a felony unless voting rights have been restored. Valid identification for voting includes a Missouri driver's license, state-issued ID, military ID, passport, or other government-issued photo ID. Those without photo ID may cast a provisional ballot. As an unincorporated community, Amity does not hold municipal elections for mayor or city council. Instead, residents vote in county-level races for positions including County Commissioners (Presiding and Associate), Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, Assessor, Collector, Treasurer, Recorder of Deeds, Coroner, and Public Administrator. These offices are typically decided through partisan elections during even-numbered years. The community also participates in state legislative elections for both the State Senate and House of Representatives. School board elections for the Maysville R-I School District and other local districts may appear on ballots for residents within those boundaries. Polling place assignments can be found using the Missouri Polling Place Locator at https://voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov/portal/, which requires entering a residential address. De Kalb County operates several polling locations on election day, with local voters typically assigned to a precinct in or near Maysville or another nearby community center or school. Public election records in Missouri include voter registration lists (available to candidates and political committees under certain conditions), campaign finance reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission (accessible at https://mec.mo.gov/), candidate filings and ballot information available through the Secretary of State and county clerks, and precinct-level results published by the Secretary of State at https://enr.sos.mo.gov/. Specific results showed majorities for Republican candidates in federal and most state races, consistent with the area's conservative voting patterns. No U.S. Senate seat from Missouri is scheduled for election that year (the state's Senate seats are up in 2024 and 2028). However, all eight of Missouri's All 163 seats in the Missouri House of Representatives will be decided, along with approximately 17 of the 34 State Senate seats (senators serve four-year staggered terms). Voters should confirm specific races with the De Kalb County Clerk closer to filing deadlines. Missouri offers absentee voting for voters who are incapacitated or confined due to illness, absent from the jurisdiction on election day, restricted by religious beliefs, employed as an election authority worker, or incarcerated (if eligible to vote). Absentee ballot applications must be submitted to the De Kalb County Clerk by the second Wednesday prior to the election for mail ballots. The state does not offer true no-excuse mail voting but does allow advance voting in person at De Kalb County Clerk's office beginning two weeks before election day. Applications and information are available at https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/howtovote or by contacting the De Kalb County Clerk at (816) 449-5402.