Caledonia, Missouri Public Records

Public records related to law enforcement in Caledonia, Missouri, are maintained by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. This office is responsible for maintaining records of arrests, incident reports, and other law enforcement activities within the county. Residents and researchers can access these records by contacting the Sheriff's Office at 1 Court Square, Potosi, MO 63664, or by visiting the county's website at https://www.washingtonmo.com/sheriffs-office.

Caledonia residents' election services are provided by the Washington County Clerk, Elections Division, located at 102 North Missouri Street, Potosi, MO 63664, phone (573) 438-4901. The County Clerk serves as the election authority for all of Washington County including unincorporated communities like Caledonia. Missouri residents can register to vote online through the Missouri Secretary of State's website at www.sos.mo.gov/elections/govotemissouri, by mail using a voter registration application, or in person at the County Clerk's office. The registration deadline is the fourth Wednesday prior to any election (28 days before). Voters must provide their Missouri driver's license or state ID number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Since Caledonia is unincorporated with no municipal government, there are no city council or mayoral elections; residents vote in county, state, and federal elections only. Washington County holds elections for county commission seats, sheriff, prosecuting attorney, assessor, clerk, and other constitutional offices on a rotating basis. Caledonia voters can locate their assigned polling place by using the polling place lookup tool at www.sos.mo.gov/elections/pollfinder or by contacting the County Clerk's office with their address. Polling locations are established in accessible public buildings throughout the county based on voter distribution. In the November 2024 presidential election, Washington County reported approximately 65-70% voter turnout among registered voters, consistent with rural Missouri counties in presidential cycles, with strong support for Republican candidates reflecting the county's conservative voting patterns. The November 3, 2026 election will include federal races (Missouri's U.S. Senate seat is not up in 2026, but the U.S. House seat for Missouri's 8th Congressional District which includes Washington County will be contested), state legislative races including Missouri House District 116 which encompasses the area, and county offices including potentially Sheriff, Assessor, and other positions on the regular election cycle. Missouri does not hold gubernatorial elections in 2026 (next in 2028). Voters can request absentee ballots through the County Clerk if they meet eligibility requirements under Missouri law, including being absent from the county on election day, incapacity or confinement due to illness, religious belief or practice, employment as an election authority, or incarceration with retained voting rights. Absentee ballot applications are available at www.sos.mo.gov/elections with deadlines of the second Wednesday prior to election day for mail ballots. Election records that are public in Missouri include voter registration lists (available for purchase for lawful purposes), campaign finance reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission (searchable at mec.mo.gov), candidate filings and financial disclosure statements, certified election results by precinct (available through the County Clerk and Secretary of State), and polling place information. Individual voter history (which elections a person voted in, but not how they voted) is also public record in Missouri.