The deadline to be a registered voter and eligible to vote in the April 7 General Municipal Election is Wednesday, March 11. New residents to the county or first time registrants must file their voter registration application by this deadline. Voter registration may be completed in the County Clerk's Office in the Moniteau county Courthouse, California, during the hours of 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Voters who have a change of address in the county need to update their new physical address in order to keep their voter registration active. Failure to keep addresses current will result in the voter being removed after the passing of two general elections.
Absentee ballots are available for voters who may be out of the county on election day, voters who are confined to their homes due to an illness or physical disability and cannot go to the polls on Election day. Applicant shall state name, address at which they are registered, reason for voting an absentee ballot, and the address to which the ballot is to be mailed. Application for a voter by their guardian or relative within the second degree may be made for the voter, but the guardian or relative must appear in person at the County Clerk's Office to make that absentee application request. The last day absentee ballots may be mailed is Wednesday, April 1.
Voting in person at the office of the County Clerk will continue through April 6. The Clerk's office will also be open from 8 a.m. to as noon on Saturday, April. 4.
Anyone needing additional information about the April 7 General municipal election, Voter registration Deadlines, questions, or about absentee voting may call Roberta Elliott, County Clerk, at 573-796-4661.