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This bill modifies the process for designating election challengers in Missouri by expanding their potential presence and standardizing their selection. Specifically, the bill allows political party chairs to designate challengers not just on election day, but also during the entire absentee voting period, and at both polling locations and ballot counting sites. The chair must now submit signed official designation forms to the local election authority at least four business days before a challenger can enter a polling location. The election authority must verify the eligibility of each proposed challenger based on existing election judge qualifications, with the requirement that challengers must be registered voters in the jurisdiction where they are serving. If a proposed challenger is found ineligible, the party chair can quickly substitute another challenger before the Monday preceding the election. Challengers are permitted to challenge potential voting law violations by reporting their concerns to election judges or election authorities, and they may also list and distribute names of voters who have already cast ballots. The bill maintains existing rules that challengers can only make challenges when they believe election laws have been or will be violated, and such challenges must be made directly to election judges or authorities.

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