Missouri Voter Information Tool Kit
The Ashrei Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that individuals have the opportunity to participate in the November 2024 election by providing essential resources and support for preparing for and getting to the polls.
Recognizing the importance of civic engagement, we are committed to sharing information on voter registration, polling locations, and transportation options to facilitate access for all, compiling resources from our partners and experts, the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis and the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition.
Our goal is to empower our community to engage in the electoral process, ensuring that every voice is heard and every vote counts. We believe that informed and active participation is the cornerstone of a vibrant democracy, and we are here to assist in making that a reality for all eligible voters.
The resources below are intended for your use in making a tool kit for your clients, community, building, etc. Included are links, ready-to-print materials, and messaging for you to use in preparing people to register and vote on November 5th.
WHERE TO START:
These resources are interactive and offer information on registering, checking registration, ballot info, voting rights, rides to the polls, and more!
www.866ourvote.org or call 1-866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
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Scroll down for resources on voting rights, absentee voting, support for voters with disabilities and who need language assistance, researching you ballot, and for info on finding or volunteering to provide transportation to the polls
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BASICS:
Printable Flyers for your community center, congregation, or Photo Clinic:
Start here to make your took kit!
Select from the resources below to:
Print literature pertinent to your community
Find messaging for your email, social, and text communications
Link to resources with with more information for your specific needs
Click on the image for a printable flyer
Click on the image for a printable flyer
REGISTRATION:
Find Voter Registration Form for Print: https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Elections/VoterRegistration/Home/Print
Select your county to print a .pdf of the correct form for you!
Quick Access:
City of St. Louis St. Louis City Voter Registration Form.pdf
St. Louis County St.Louis County Voter Registration Form.pdf
Moving?
Messaging: League of Women Voters messaging for voters who have moved since registering to vote
Setting up a voter registration station at your place?
You’ll need:
Pens
Post card voter registration applications
You can request a voter registration application from the local election authority or from the Missouri Secretary of state website.
You can also offer an online voter registration application, which requires a smart phone or tablet for signature
Here’s a sign you can pop in a frame at your station! Printable “Register to Vote Here” Sign
PHOTO ID INFORMATION:
In the state of Missouri you need a MO- or federally-issued photo ID that is unexpired to vote. You can use a:
Missouri driver license
Missouri nondriver license
U.S. Passport
Military ID
If your ID expired since the 2022 elections, you can use the expired ID to vote this year!
Printable Flyer for Acceptable Forms of Photo ID
Registered, but don’t have a valid photo ID? Vote a provisional ballot.
From the MO Secretary of State website:
If you do not possess any of these forms of identification, but are a registered voter, you may cast a provisional ballot. Your ballot will count if:
(1) you return to your polling place on Election Day with a photo ID; or
(2) the signature on your provisional ballot envelope is determined by your local election authority to match the signature on your voter registration record.
If you cast a provisional ballot, you will receive a stub from your provisional ballot envelope with instructions on how to verify that your provisional ballot is counted.
VOTING RIGHTS
Our partners at the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition are the most trusted resource in our region for voting rights information and voter protection work.
ABSENTEE VOTING
You can vote absentee by mail or in person for six weeks before Election Day if you expect to be before Election Day if you expect to be:
Outside your election jurisdiction on Election Day
Confined due to illness or disability or a caretaker for someone Confined due to illness or disability or a caretaker for someone who lives at the same address (NO NOTARY REQUIRED)
Poll worker, first responder, health care worker, or law Poll worker, first responder, health care worker, or law enforcement enforcement
Have a religious conflict Have a religious conflict
Incarcerated but still eligible (NO NOTARY REQUIRED)
In state-administered Safe at Home address confidentiality In state-administered Safe at Home address confidentiality program.
Voters do not need a reason to vote absentee in person starting 2 weeks before Election Day but must show a current government weeks before Election Day but must show a current government photo ID.
OTHER ASSISTANCE:
Transportation:
Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) for a referral
Call the A. Phillip Randolph Institute- St. Louis Chapter for a ride to the polls in the St. Louis metro area:
Want to volunteer to drive to the polls? Call the A. Phillip Randolph Institute and leave a message with your name and number, they will call back and add you to the volunteer list to match with folks requesting rides.
Voters with Disabilities:
https://my.lwv.org/missouri/metro-st-louis/vote/voters-disabilities
Messaging: Disabled voters/senior voter messaging
Voters who need language assistance:
Registered voters have the option to bring a friend or a family member to the voting booth to interpret. Some polls may have bi-lingual poll workers.
Messaging: Spanish Speaking Voters Messaging
Voting with a Criminal Record:
Printable pamphlet from LWV on Voting “Off Papers” (English)
Printable pamphlet from LWV on Voting “Off Papers” (Spanish)
Messaging: Formerly Incarcerated voter messaging
If convicted of a misdemeanor, the right to vote is lost only while incarcerated.
Those convicted of a felony lose their eligibility to vote while incarcerated and while on probation and parole.
The right is restored once the person is off state supervision, but he/she must re-register.
Those in jail awaiting trial may vote absentee.
Those with a Suspended Imposition of Sentence never lose their voting rights.
Unless pardoned, anyone convicted of a crime involving voting permanently loses the right to vote
KNOW YOUR BALLOT
Researching your vote:
Rock the Vote Explainer on HOW to research your ballot
STLPR St. Louis Voter Guide: What to know about the 2024 election in Missouri and Illinois
Your Missouri Judges from the Missouri Bar
How to talk about Down Ballot Voting: https://www.usvotefoundation.org/downballot
Messaging: League of Women Voters Issue Messaging
MESSAGING from League of Women Voters:
League of Women Voters offers messaging that can be used in your emails, social media posts, and text campaigns to your clients and community members:
