The Power of a Single Vote - Fayette Election Information and Polling Places

This year promises to be one of the biggest elections ever. Even in areas that have been offering early voting, lines on Nov. ­4th could be longer than normal, so be prepared:

- Bring water, something to read and maybe even a small folding chair to sit on while you wait. If you can, consider carpooling to the polling place to avoid traffic snarls.

- Make sure you have proper Missouri ID with you. A photo ID is best.

If you encounter problems voting in Fayette or have questions, the Missouri precinct workers are there to help. If that doesn't work, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683) for advice.

­ Your vote DOES matter in elections. And this one-stop Fayette voting election resource for Missouri that has all the election information you need to cast your Fayette ballot and make your voice heard for this election.

We have:
- Election Results for Fayette, MO
- Fayette, MO polling places mapped!
- Missouri ballot measures
- Election candidates
- How to register to vote in Fayette, Missouri
- Early MO voting and registration information

Start here to get involved in a little thing we like to call "democracy".

Polling Places in and around Fayette
Voter Registration Deadline: 10/8/2008
Absentee Voting for General Election Begins 10/29/2008
Polls close in Fayette at 7:00 PM.



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Find additional information about local candidates in Fayette and across Missouri, click here.

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Presidential Race
Democrat: Barack Obama
Republican: John McCain
Independent: Ralph Nader
Libertarian: Bob Barr
Green: Cynthia McKinney
Constitution Party: Chuck Baldwin

U.S. Senate
No races this year

U.S. House of Representatives
1st District
Democrats: Wm. Lacy Clay
Libertarian: Robb Cunningham

2nd District
Democrats: Bill Haas
Republicans: Todd Akin
Libertarian: Thomas Knapp

3rd District
Democrats: Russ Carnahan
Republicans: Chris Sander
Libertarian: Kevin Babcock
Constitution Party: Cindy Redburn

4th District
Democrats: Ike Skelton
Republicans: Jeff Parnell

5th District
Democrats: Emanuel Cleaver II
Republicans: Jacob Turk

6th District
Democrats: Kay Barnes
Republicans: Sam Graves
Libertarian: Dave Browning

7th District
Democrats: Richard Monroe
Republicans: Roy Blunt
Libertarian: Kevin Craig
Constitution Party: Travis Maddox

8th District
Democrats: Joe Allen
Republicans: Jo Ann Emerson
Libertarian: Branden McCullough
Constitution Party: Richard Smith

9th District
Democrats: Judy Baker
Republicans: Blaine Luetkemeyer
Libertarian: Tamara Millay

State Senate
1st District
Democrats: Joan Barry
Republicans: Jim Lembke

3rd District
Democrats: Dennis Riche
Republicans: Kevin Engler

5th District
Democrats: Robin Wright-Jones
Libertarian: Robert Christophel

7th District
Democrats: Kevin Leeseberg
Republicans: Jane Cunningham

9th District
Democrats: Yvonne Wilson

11th District
Democrats: Victor Callahan

13th District
Democrats: Timothy Green
Libertarian: Eric Harris

15th District
Democrats: James Trout
Republican: Eric Schmitt

17th District
Democrats: Sandra Aust
Republicans: Luann Ridgeway

19th District
Democrats: Charles Graham
Republicans: Kurt Schaefer
Libertarian: Christopher Dwyer

State House of Representatives
Click here to see State House of Representatives Candidates for MO

Governor and Statewide Races
Democrats: Jay Nixon
Republicans: Kenny Hulshof
Libertarian: Andrew Finkenstadt
Constitution Party: Gregory Thompson


Statewide Ballot Measures
Constitutional Amendment to Article 1 - Eminent Domain- 2008-001 - Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to restrict the use of eminent domain by: * Allowing only government entities to use eminent domain; * Prohibiting its use for private purposes- with certain exceptions for utilities; * Requiring that any taking of property be necessary for a public use and that landowners receive just compensation; * Requiring that the intended public use be declared at the time of the taking and permitting the original owners to repurchase the property if it is not so used within five years or if the property is offered for sale within 20 years?

Constitutional Amendment to Article VI - Eminent Domain- 2008-002 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the power of the General Assembly and constitutionally chartered cities or counties to: * Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire and resell property found to be blighted- substandard or unsanitary for the purpose of clearance- redevelopment or rehabilitation; and * Allow them to require owners of property found to be a public nuisance to abate or clean up the nuisance and- if the property owner fails to do so in a reasonable time- allow the local government to pay for the abatement and impose a lien to recover the cost?

Constitutional Amendment to Article X - Taxation- 2008-005 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to provide a 50% tax credit for contributions or donations made by individuals and corporations to not-for-profit corporations- organizations- and foundations in addition to the deductions currently allowed for federal and state income taxes?

Statutory Amendment to Chapter 311 - Pertaining to Liquor Control Laws- 2008-006 Shall Missouri law be amended to * lower the legal age for the manufacture- sale- supply- purchase- possession and consumption of alcohol from twenty-one years of age to eighteen years of age; * remove the age limit to sell or handle liquor or beer; and * revise related criminal penalties consistent with the lower legal age?

Statutory Amendment to Chapter 311 - Pertaining to Liquor Control Laws- 2008-007 Shall Missouri law be amended to: * lower the legal age to manufacture- sell- dispense- supply- purchase- possess and consume alcohol from twenty-one years of age to eighteen years of age; and * revise related criminal penalties consistent with the lower legal age?

Constitutional Amendment to Add Article I- Section 34 - Relating to Banning Affirmative Action Programs- 2008-009 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: Ban state and local government affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment in public contracting- employment- or education based on race- sex- color- ethnicity- or national origin unless such programs are necessary to establish or maintain eligibility for federal funding or to comply with an existing court order?

Constitutional Amendment to Article VIII- Section 3 - Pertaining to Paper Ballots- 2008-011 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: * require all elections after January 1- 2009- be conducted using hand-marked- serially numbered paper ballots; * cap the number of registered voters per precinct at 600; * require absentee ballots received by the U.S. Postal Service to be delivered to the correct precinct and deposited in the ballot box prior to the polls closing; * require all ballots- including absentees- to be counted and results posted before such ballots are removed from the precinct; and * mandate original ballots to be permanently retained and available for any interested parties? inspection and copying?

Constitutional Amendment to Add Article III- Section 38(e) - Relating to Limiting Stem Cell Research- 2008-014 Should the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the definition of cloning and ban some of the research as approved by voters in November- 2006 by: * prohibiting human cloning that is conducted by creating a human embryo at any stage from the one-cell stage forward; * prohibiting expenditure of taxpayer dollars on research or experimentation on human cloning; and * allowing stem cell research for therapies and cures that complies with these prohibitions and the prohibitions of Section 38(d) of the Constitution?

Statutory Amendment to Title XXXVI of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to banning abortions- 2008-017 Shall Missouri law be amended to: * make it illegal for a doctor to provide a woman with an abortion at any time during her pregnancy unless the doctor determines- either immediately or after extensive and documented emotional- psychological- physical- situational- and demographic evaluations- that the procedure is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious medical risks; and * make it illegal for any person or entity to provide any drug- medical advice- or assistance for a woman to terminate her own pregnancy and subject them to a minimum fine of -000 plus attorney?s fees- regardless of any proof of injury?

Statutory Amendment to Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Pertaining to Reinstating Healthcare- 2008-018 Shall Missouri law be amended to: * reinstate and provide health care for eligible low income Missouri families- children- elderly- and disabled based- at a minimum- on the level of services and eligibility criteria that were in effect on January 10- 2005; * provide health care for Missourians who are paid no more than minimum wage- households whose income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty level- and persons with disabilities who are employed in sheltered workshops; and * pay health care providers at a level no less than that set for Medicare reimbursement for such services?

Statutory Amendment to the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Home Care- 2008-025 Shall Missouri law be amended to enable the elderly and Missourians with disabilities to continue living independently in their homes by creating the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure the availability of quality home care services under the Medicaid program by recruiting- training- and stabilizing the home care workforce?

Statutory Amendment to Title XXXVI of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Restricting Abortions- 2008-027 Shall Missouri law be amended to: * make it illegal for a doctor to provide a woman with an abortion at any time during her pregnancy without extensive and documented emotional- psychological- physical- situational- and demographic evaluations unless the doctor determines that the procedure is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious medical risk; and * make it illegal for any person- other than a licensed physician or licensed pharmacist acting with a prescription- to assist a woman to terminate her own pregnancy and allow lawsuits with minimum damages of -000- plus attorney?s fees- regardless of any proof of injury?

Amendment to Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Renewable Energy- version 1- 2008-028 Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned electric utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar- wind- biomass and hydropower with the renewable energy sources equaling at least 4% of retail sales by 2012 increasing incrementally to at least 11% by 2020; and restricting to no more than 1% any rate increase to consumers for this renewable energy?

Amendment to Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Renewable Energy- version 2- 2008-029 Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned electric utilities- cooperative utilities- and certain municipal utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar- wind- biomass and hydropower with the renewable energy sources equaling at least 2% of retail sales by 2011 increasing incrementally to at least 20% by 2021- including at least 2% from solar energy; and restricting to no more than 1% any rate increase to consumers for this renewable energy?

Amendment to Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Renewable Energy- version 3- 2008-030 Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned electric utilities- cooperative utilities- and certain municipal utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar- wind- biomass and hydropower with the renewable energy sources equaling at least 2% of retail sales by 2011 increasing incrementally to at least 15% by 2021- including at least 2% from solar energy; and restricting to no more than 1% any rate increase to consumers for this renewable energy?

Amendment to Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Renewable Energy- version 4- 2008-031 Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned electric utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar- wind- biomass and hydropower with the renewable energy sources equaling at least 2% of retail sales by 2011 increasing incrementally to at least 15% by 2021- including at least 2% from solar energy; and restricting to no more than 1% any rate increase to consumers for this renewable energy?

Amendment to Chapter 393 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Renewable Energy- version 5- 2008-032 Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned electric utilities- cooperative utilities- and certain municipal utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar- wind- biomass and hydropower with the renewable energy sources equaling at least 2% of retail sales by 2011 increasing incrementally to at least 15% by 2021- including at least 2% from solar energy; and restricting to no more than 1% any rate increase to consumers for this renewable energy?

Amendment to the Missouri Constitution- Article X - Relating to Corporate Tax Credits- 2008-034 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: * limit the authority of the General Assembly to issue new corporate tax credits or deductions in a fiscal year to no more than the amount currently allowed for tax or fee increases without voter approval under the Missouri Constitution; and * require voter approval for any new corporate tax credits or deductions that exceed that amount?

Amendment to Various Chapters of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Casinos and Gambling- Shall Missouri law be amended to: * repeal the current individual maximum loss limit for gambling; * prohibit any future loss limits; * require identification to enter the gambling area only if necessary to establish that an individual is at least 21 years old; * restrict the number of casinos to those already built or being built; * increase the casino gambling tax from 20% to 21%; * create a new specific education fund from gambling tax proceeds generated as a result of this measure called the ?Schools First Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Fund?; and * require annual audits of this new fund?

Amendment to Chapter 285 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Employees' Paychecks- 2008-037 Shall Missouri law be amended to: * require employers to receive express written permission every year from employees prior to deducting or facilitating the deduction of moneys from any paycheck on behalf of an entity to support or oppose initiatives- referenda- other public policy issues- candidates or political parties; * require employers to obtain from the entity statements regarding the percentage of moneys spent towards such purposes; * fine employers and organizations up to -000 per violation of these provisions; and * give authority to the Attorney General to issue regulations regarding the form of necessary permission and statements?

Amendment to Chapters 208 and 143 of The Revised Statutes of Missouri - Relating to Missouri's Children's Health Insurance Program- 2008-038 Shall Missouri law be amended to: * restore access to Missouri?s children?s health insurance program by reinstating eligibility standards to those in effect on January 1- 2005; * create the ?Cover all Kids Fund? to be used exclusively to pay for the health insurance of eligible children by implementing certain corporate tax changes; * modify the process for enrollment in the children?s health insurance program; and * allow Missouri families whose income exceeds the eligibility criteria to purchase insurance for their children through the Missouri?s children?s health insurance program?

Constitutional Amendment to Article V- Section 25 - Relating to the Nonpartisan Selection of Judges 2008-046 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to repeal certain provisions relating to the nonpartisan selection of judges by: * removing all current members of the nonpartisan judicial selection commissions and giving sole authority to the Governor to appoint new members subject to Senate consent; * increasing the number of judicial nominees submitted by the commissions from three to five and allowing the Governor to veto the first list of nominees; * transferring from the Missouri Supreme Court to the Governor?s appointed commissions the authority to establish rules governing commission actions; and * making certain information regarding judicial nominees and the selection process publicly available?

Constitutional Amendment to Article III- Section 38(e)- Version 7 - Relating to the Life Sciences Research Trust Fund 2008-050 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to reduce the amount of money available by 200 million dollars to improve the quality of life sciences research in Missouri and redirect this money solely to pay for certain primary healthcare for low-income Missourians?

Constitutional Amendment to Article III- Section 38(e)- Version 8 - Relating to Limiting Stem Cell Research 2008-051 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to repeal current provisions approved by voters in 2006 which guaranteed Missouri patients access to stem cell therapies and cures and permitted researchers to conduct stem cell research in accordance with federal law by: * allowing the Missouri legislature or state officials to eliminate- reduce or deny access to state funds for institutions involved in stem cell research- therapies and cures; and * allowing the Missouri legislature or state officials to ban or limit the access of Missourians to stem cell research- therapies and cures?

Constitutional Amendment to Article III- Section 38(e)- Version 9 - Relating to Repealing the ?Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative? 2008-052 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to repeal the ?Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative? approved by voters in November 2006 which banned human cloning and guaranteed Missouri patients access to stem cell therapies and cures and permitted Missouri researchers to conduct stem cell research in accordance with federal law?
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