MO SB836

Candidate filing deadlines changed from the seventeenth to the sixteenth Tuesday prior to an election for opening date, and from the fourteenth to the thirteenth Tuesday for closing date; if the thirteenth Tuesday falls on a state or federal holiday, the deadline extends to the next non-holiday

Electronic voting equipment testing must occur at least fourteen days prior to an election and no less than one week before, with 48-hour advance notice to candidates and party officials

Provisional ballot requirements now apply to all public elections rather than only primary and general elections with federal, statewide, or ballot initiative contests

Write-in candidate declaration requirements now apply to all elections, removing the previous exception for races where no candidate had filed

Absentee voting provisions clarified to allow covered voters (military, overseas), interstate former residents, and new residents to vote at the election authority's office on election day rather than at polling places