Democratic Party Announces Primary Process, Polling Locations for Worth, Gentry Counties

The Missouri Democratic Party is excited to announce the following candidates have filed to appear on the ballot for the Missouri Democratic presidential preference primary election scheduled on Saturday, March 23, 2024:

President Joseph Biden

Dean Phillips

Stephen P Lyons

Armando Perez-Serrato

Marianne Williamson

Jason Michael Palmer

Uncommitted

On the change in the law signed by Governor Parson requiring state parties to run their presidential preference primary election, Missouri Democratic Party Chair Russ Carnahan released the following statement:

“This change is nothing other than an attack on voter participation by Missouri Republicans and is nearly an exact copy of the playbook used by Republicans across the country in their bid to take more and more power from voters and hand it to power-hungry politicians. Any roadblock put in place to make voting harder undermines our Democracy. These kinds of attacks have become a hallmark of this fanatical Missouri Republican Party that only seeks to strip freedoms and rights away from Missouri voters,” Carnahan said.

“Missouri Democrats sought to design a process to maximize voter participation by offering mail-in and in-person voting options to Democratic presidential primary voters. The Missouri Democratic Party will continue to advocate for policies that expand access to voting and fight against these attacks on our Democratic process.”

Additionally, the Missouri Democratic Party announced the Democratic National Committee conditionally approved MDP’s plan for Missouri’s 2024 Democratic Presidential Primary. The following details are confirmed with more information available soon:

■ Missouri’s Democratic presidential primary is scheduled for Saturday, March 23, 2024.

■ The Democratic presidential primary will be a hybrid election, offering Missouri Democrats an opportunity to cast their vote by mail or at an in-person voting site from 8 AM until noon on the day of the primary.

■ Depending on final availability, at least one in-person voting site will be held in each county, with additional sites in St. Louis and Kansas City.

■ Voters registered by February 21, 2024, with the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office will be eligible to vote in the Missouri Democratic presidential preference primary election, so long as the voter is not registered as a Republican.

■ Ballots will be available for request beginning February 1st via the Missouri Democratic Party’s Website, with distribution beginning Feb 17th. This request period will close on March 12.

■ Voters registered as Democrats by January 22, 2024, will automatically receive their ballot in the mail.

■ Ballots must be returned to the MDP by 10 AM on March 23, 2024.

■ Votes will be counted in St. Louis by March 25, with the announcement to be made by March 28, 2024.

The polling locations for Gentry County is at the Community Center in Stanberry and the polling location for Worth County will be the Worth County Fairgrounds Building. In person polling will be from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. on March 23, 2024.