Garden City, Missouri Public Records

The registration deadline falls on the fourth Wednesday before any election, though in-person registration at the Cass County Clerk's office remains available during regular business hours. First-time registrants must provide proof of identity and U.S. Citizenship. Because Garden City is an unincorporated community without its own municipal government, there are no mayoral or city council elections here. Instead, residents participate exclusively in federal, state, and county contests. To locate their assigned polling place, residents can use the lookup tool on the Missouri Secretary of State's website at voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov/PRD/VoterOutreach/VOSearch.aspx, entering either their name and date of birth or searching by address. Under Missouri law (RSMo Chapter 115), voter registration lists are public records open to inspection, though commercial use is prohibited. Campaign finance reports for candidates and committees can be reviewed through the Missouri Ethics Commission website at mec.mo.gov, where contribution and expenditure reports are searchable. The Cass County Clerk publishes precinct-level election results after each contest and posts them on the Cass County website. Missouri offers absentee voting for residents who meet specific criteria under RSMo 115.277, including absence on election day, incapacity or confinement due to illness, religious belief or practice, employment as an election authority, incarceration (though not for felony conviction), or certified participation in the address confidentiality program. Absentee ballot applications must be submitted to the Cass County Clerk's office, with a deadline of 5:00 PM on the second Wednesday prior to any election. No-excuse mail-in voting is not available in Missouri except under the qualifying criteria listed. Voters can track their absentee ballot status through the Secretary of State's website.