Wheatland, Missouri Public Records

Missouri residents can register to vote online through the Missouri Secretary of State's website at www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri. The online system handles new registrations and updates to existing ones. To register in Missouri, an individual must be a U.S. Citizen, a Missouri resident, at least 17.5 years old (18 to vote), and not serving a sentence for a felony conviction, including probation or parole. The registration deadline is the fourth Wednesday prior to any election. Missouri does not require party registration. Acceptable forms of identification for in-person registration include a Missouri driver's license, state ID, or the last four digits of a Social Security number. As an incorporated city, Wheatland holds municipal elections for mayor and city council positions. City elections typically fall in April of odd-numbered years to coincide with Missouri's municipal election calendar. Information about candidates for city office, filing deadlines, and local ballot measures can be obtained from Wheatland City Hall at (417) 282-5757 or the Hickory County Clerk. Candidate filing periods typically occur in December and January prior to the April election. Residents can locate their assigned polling place by contacting the Hickory County Clerk's office or by using the polling place lookup tool on the Missouri Secretary of State's website at www.sos.mo.gov/elections/pollingplacelookup. Voters need to enter their first and last name and date of birth to find their polling location. Due to Hickory County's small population, Hickory County typically operates a limited number of polling places, with the city acting as a central voting location for local residents and some surrounding precincts. Under Missouri law, numerous election records are public. Voter registration lists are available for purchase from the Hickory County Clerk for lawful purposes such as political campaigns and election related activities. Campaign finance records for local candidates and committees are filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission and can be searched at www.mec.mo.gov. Candidate filings, including declarations of candidacy and personal financial disclosure statements, are public records maintained by the Hickory County Clerk for local offices. Precinct-level election results are public and are certified and published by the Clerk following each election. These results are also compiled at the state level by the Secretary of State. Missouri will not have a U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Wheatland voters are published by the Missouri Secretary of State Elections (https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections). State legislature races will include all 163 Missouri House of Representatives seats and approximately half of the 34 Missouri Senate seats, including the district that covers Hickory County. County-level races in 2026 may include county commissioners, sheriff, prosecuting attorney, assessor, collector, and other county offices, depending on the term expiration schedule. Voters should contact the Hickory County Clerk closer to the election for a complete list of races and any local ballot measures. Missouri offers absentee voting for voters who meet specific criteria: those who are incapacitated or confined due to illness, those absent from their jurisdiction on election day, those who are incarcerated but qualified to vote, those who work as election authority staff, those who are active military or family, or those with religious beliefs or practices that prevent voting in person. Absentee ballot applications must be submitted to the Hickory County Clerk's office. The application deadline is the second Wednesday prior to the election for mail ballots. In-person absentee voting is available at the Hickory County Clerk's office beginning the second Tuesday prior to election day. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the election authority by 7:00 PM on election day to be counted.