Craig, Missouri Public Records

Residents may register to vote online through the Missouri Secretary of State's voter registration portal at https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/register. Missouri requires voters to register at least 28 days before an election to be eligible to vote in that election. Voters must be U.S. Citizens, Missouri residents, at least 17.5 years old (18 by election day), not serving a sentence for a felony conviction, and not judged incapacitated by a court. Acceptable identification for registration includes a Missouri driver's license or state ID number, or the last four digits of a Social Security number. At the polls, Missouri requires photo identification; acceptable forms include a Missouri driver's license, U.S. Passport, military ID, or other government-issued photo ID. Voters without photo ID may cast a provisional ballot and provide identification later or sign an affidavit attesting to their identity. As an unincorporated community without municipal government, Craig has no city council or mayoral elections. Residents participate in county, state, and federal elections instead. Holt County voters elect three county commissioners (one from each of three districts), along with countywide offices including sheriff, clerk, treasurer, assessor, recorder, prosecuting attorney, and coroner on staggered terms. State legislative representation includes the Missouri House of Representatives (two-year terms) and Missouri Senate (four-year terms). Voters can find their assigned polling place by contacting the Holt County Clerk at (660) 446-3205 or using the Missouri Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool at https://voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov/portal/.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Craig voters are published by the Missouri Secretary of State Elections (https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections).S. House seats, statewide offices including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor, and State Treasurer, Missouri state legislative seats (all 163 Missouri House seats and approximately 17 of 34 Senate seats in even-numbered districts), and various Holt County offices depending on the election cycle schedule. Local ballot measures, school board elections, and fire district matters may also appear. Missouri voters may request absentee ballots for various reasons including absence from the county on election day, incapacity or confinement due to illness, religious belief or practice, employment as an election authority, incarceration (if not felony-convicted), or certified participation in an address confidentiality program. Absentee ballot applications must be submitted to the Holt County Clerk by the second Wednesday before the election for mail ballots, or in person up to 5:00 PM the day before the election for in-person absentee voting. Missouri does not offer no-excuse mail voting; voters must qualify under one of the statutory reasons. Public election records in Missouri include voter registration lists (available for purchase for election related purposes under Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 115), campaign finance reports filed by candidates and committees (searchable at the Missouri Ethics Commission website https://www.mec.mo.gov/), candidate filing information and petitions (maintained by Holt County Clerk for local races and Secretary of State for statewide and legislative races), and precinct-level election results (published by Holt County Clerk and Secretary of State following certification). These records provide transparency into Missouri's electoral process and are accessible under Missouri's Sunshine Law (Chapter 610 RSMo).