July 9th is the registration deadline to vote in the Missouri primary elections on August 5, 2008. Eligible citizens include Missouri residents who will be 18 years old on Election Day.

July 30th is the deadline to submit an Absentee Ballot for those voters who will away from home or have other specified reasons.

The official applications for both can be found at www.StateDemocracy.org. This completely FREE one-stop public service portal also offers a host of other voter tools, including:

* Links to state and local Election Board

* A Polling Place Locator

* Election Day Requirements (concerning voting hours, identification, write-ins, etc.)

* Links to lawmakers on the federal level and in all 50 states

The nonprofit StateDemocracy Foundation provides this nonpartisan website in keeping with its mission of "Delivering Democracy to Your Desktop!"

The StateDemocracy.org site has recently been redesigned, updated and re-launched, following eight years of service to over 130,000 citizens nationwide. As the Internet's most comprehensive civic engagement portal, StateDemocracy.org facilitates grassroots input and fosters an ongoing dialog between the government and the governed. Users can hold lawmakers accountable by comparing legislative voting records against campaign promises and public pronouncements …so that public servants pay closer attention to the public interest.

 

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