Missouri State and Local Government

The Green Papers: State and Local Government

Missouri

Governor:	1	(Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime)
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
2002 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
2004 Electors:	11	(2.04% of 538)
1990 Census:	5,116,901	(2.06% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:	5,606,260	(1.99% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (2000):	3,860,672
Estimated Voting age population (2000):	4,105,000
Capital:	Jefferson City

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States Alphabetically Current Missouri Statewide Office Holders


Official Name/Status All States
	The STATE of Missouri
	Organized as a Territory: 3 March 1805. as the Territory of "Louisiana", effective 4 July 1805; with the admission of the Territory of Orleans under that name two months earlier, the name of this Territory was changed to "Missouri" by Act of Congress, 4 June 1812 (2 Stat. 743)
	Admitted to the Union as a State: 10 August 1821 upon Proclamation by President James Monroe that conditions- set by a Joint Resolution of Congress (3 Stat. 645) on 2 March 1821 recognizing a State government already formed- had been satisfactorily met
	The 24th state.


Traditional Sections and Regions All States
	Section: MIDWEST
	Region: Great Plains
	Survey: Public Domain

Constitutions All States Links to State Constitutions

Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States): 6 March 1820 [3 Stat. 545: authorizing the formation of a State government and Admission thereafter]

• 1st (1821-1865) [Adopted: 19 July 1820 Convention convened, 12 June 1820, Ratified: 28 August 1820 effective upon Admission, 10 August 1821]

• 2nd (1865-1875) [Adopted: 8 April 1865 Convention convened, 6 January 1865, Ratified: 6 June 1865 ratified by a vote of 43,670 to 41,808; effective, 4 July 1865]

• 3rd (1875-1945) [Adopted: 2 August 1875 Convention convened, 5 May 1875, Ratified: 30 October 1875 ratified by a vote of 90,600 to 14,362; effective, 30 November 1875]

• 4th (1945--) [Adopted: 29 September 1944 Convention convened, 21 September 1943, Ratified: 27 February 1945 effective, 30 March 1945]

Executive Branch All States

Chief Executive
	• GOVERNOR
Successor to a Vacancy
	• Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR]

Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide All States 2008 Office holders
	• Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
	• Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
	• Secretary of State: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
	• Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
	• Treasurer: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
	• Auditor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

Legislative Branch All States

Legislature
	• GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Upper House
	• Senate
Lower House
	• House of Representatives

Judicial Branch All States

Court of Last Resort
	• Supreme Court
Intermediate Appellate Court
	• Courts of Appeals [IN: district FOR: State]

Local Government


PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION All States
	• county [Type: Broad, Executive and Legislative: COMMISSION]
	MINOR CIVIL DIVISION All States
		• township [Type: Limited, Executive: Trustee, Legislative: Board of Directors]

Incorporated Municipalities All States


Key Statewide / Federal Officials All States
	Missouri Officials

Statutory Election Information All States

General Election All States
	• 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years [MO Revised Statutes 115.121.1]
Presidential Primary All States
	• (--2007) ... an election for a presidential primary held pursuant to sections 115.755 to 115.785 shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each presidential election year. [MO Revised Statutes 115.123.2]
	• (2007--) A statewide presidential preference primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February of each presidential election year. [MO Revised Statutes 115.755]
State Primary All States
	• 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in August in even-numbered years [MO Revised Statutes 115.121.2]
Polling times All States
	• Polls open: 6 AM Polls close: 7 PM [MO Revised Statutes 115.407]

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution
	• Missouri Constitution
	• Missouri Revised Statutes
Election Authority
	• Missouri Secretary of State - Elections Division
Legislature
	• Missouri General Assembly
	• Missouri House
	• Missouri Senate
Democratic
	• Missouri Democratic Party
Republican
	• Missouri Republican Party
Third Party
	• Constitution Party of Missouri
	• Green Parties in Missouri
	• Missouri Libertarian Party
	• Missouri Right to Life.
	• Missouri Whig Party
Media & others
	• Branson Shows
	• Columbia Daily Tribune
	• Columbia Missourian
	• DC's Political Report - Missouri
	• Fired Up! Missouri
	• Lebanon Daily Record
	• Lee's Summit Journal
	• NewsLinks.org - Missouri
	• Politics1.com - Missouri
	• St. Joseph News-Press
	• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
	• The Examiner - Independence
	• The Gazette Weekly - Buckner - Levasy - Sibley
	• The Hannibal Courier-Post
	• The Joplin Globe
	• The Kansas City Star
	• The Lake Sun Leader - Camdenton
	• The Radical Republican
	• The Springfield News-Leader