April 5 is Election Day: What to know to vote and what’s on your ballot around KC
It’s Election Day in Missouri, and Kansas City area voters have ballot questions, school board members and more on the ballot.
Here’s everything you need to know to cast your vote.
Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
To find your polling place and to confirm that you are registered to vote, click on this link and enter your information.
And before you leave the house, remember to have everything with you. No one likes making second trips.
WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING?
You need to bring a form of ID that satisfies Missouri’s voter ID laws. These include: Missouri voter ID card or a driver’s license. Polling locations will also accept these forms of identification:
Driver’s license
Missouri voter ID card
State-issued ID card or government ID, such as a Medicare card or Social Security card
Passport or passport ID card
ID from a Missouri university, college, vocational or technical school
Military ID or Veteran’s Administration ID card
You can also bring the following forms of ID if they are current and include your name and address:
A bank statement,
A government or regular paycheck
One of your utility bills
You are no longer required to bring a photo ID to cast a regular ballot. The Missouri Supreme Court struck down parts of a state law that required voters to present a state-approved photo ID.
If you don’t have or forget to bring any of these, you can still cast a provisional ballot if you are registered to vote. However, the vote may not be counted if the signature on the ballot does not match the signature on voter rolls kept by the election authorities.
HOW DO I VOTE?
You can vote inside the polling site as usual. You’ll just have to go to your polling place and ask someone to go in and ask a poll worker to bring a ballot to you.
If you’re a voter with disabilities and your polling place isn’t accessible, you can request a new site by going to this link and contacting your local authority or by calling 800-NOW-VOTE. All voting places must have accessible voting systems in place for people who need them.
WHAT WILL BE ON MY BALLOT?
You can enter your address here and then click on “view candidates and issues” to see what’s on your ballot.
Voters in Kansas City will weigh in on up to three ballot questions. You can read more about those here.
Voters in school districts around Kansas City will be electing school board members. You can see who is all running for school board in Jackson County here, and for school boards in Cass, Clay and Platte counties here.
For a closer look at the school board races in Park Hill, Independence, North Kansas City and Lee’s Summit school districts, education reporter Sarah Ritter’s got you covered here.
