March 6 is the deadline for residents to register to vote to be eligible to vote in the Tuesday, April 2 election.

Warren County residents who are not registered voters can register at the County Clerk’s office, at the Administration Building, 101 Mockingbird Lane, Ste 302, Warrenton, MO 63383, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Once registered, here’s how you can vote:

Option 1: Present one of the following forms of Valid ID:

A non-expired Missouri Driver or Non-Driver License

A non-expired Military ID, including a Veterans ID card

A non-expired United States Passport

Another photo ID issued by the United States or the State of Missouri which is either not expired or expired after the date of the most recent General Election

Option 2: If you are registered but have no ID, Vote a provisional ballot. There are two ways your vote counts:

If you return to your polling place on election day with a non-expired photo ID

If your signature matches the signature in the voter registry, your vote counts

Registered voters who have changed their addresses must also update their registrations before Election Day to avoid any inconvenience. Information on voter registration can be obtained by calling the County Clerk’s office at 636-456-3331. 

If you want a photo ID to vote and don’t have one, the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office will help you obtain one non-driver license for free. You may call the ShowIt2Vote Hotline toll free at 866-868-3245 or email GoVoteMissouri@sos.mo.gov for help.

Absentee ballots

Absentee ballots may be cast in the office of County Clerk, Denise Stotler, for the April 2 election between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 30.

Registered voters who will be absent from the county, illness or physical disability, caretakers of those incapacitated or confined due to illness or disability and resides at the same address, religious belief or practice, employment as an election authority, a first responder, a health care worker, a member of law enforcement, incarceration-you have retained all the necessary qualifications for voting, and certified participants in the address confidentiality program, you may request an absentee ballot from the Clerk’s office by email, fax, in person or online. No-excuse absentee voting starts on the second Tuesday before the election.

Absentee ballots will be mailed upon written requests received no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 20. Please be advised that when requesting an absentee ballot by mail, the request must be in writing, signed and must state your name, address at which you are registered, your reason for requesting an absentee ballot, the address to which the ballot is to be mailed and if you are a registered voter that registered by mail or online and are voting for the first time, you must send a photocopy of your photo ID (non-expired driver’s license or non-drivers license, non-expired military ID including a Veterans ID card, non-expired United States Passport, or photo ID issued by the United States or the State of Missouri which is either not expired or expired after the date of the most recent General Election) along with your request for an absentee ballot. 

Information on absentee ballots may be obtained by calling the County Clerk’s Office at 636-456-3331.