MO HB348

Requires candidates for collector and county treasurer to provide signed affidavits from surety companies confirming they meet bond requirements for those offices.

Allows cities to eliminate primary elections for mayor and councilman positions and instead conduct elections where candidates file statements of candidacy, with names appearing on ballots in filing order.

Updates election procedures including removing outdated provisions about punch card voting systems, modifying absentee ballot team composition language, and clarifying voter intent standards for optical scan and paper ballots.

Changes Kansas City school board elections to be held biennially on primary election days in even-numbered years beginning in 2014, with a seven-member board consisting of six subdistrict members and one at-large member elected by the entire district.

Modifies vacancy filling procedures for the Kansas City school board to allow the mayor to appoint a qualified replacement if the vacancy occurs more than 105 days before a primary election.