A comprehensive elections bill in Missouri aims to streamline administrative processes for local election offices, including allowing government offices to email election notices and giving election authorities the option to mail sample ballots to voters. The bill also proposes moving the candidate filing deadline for local elections and requiring automatic tabulating machines to be tested a week before an election. Additionally, the bill would require St. Louis election candidates to show proof of paid local taxes before filing and allow voters to cast provisional ballots in any public election. The legislation also includes a provision to ban special districts from using taxpayer money to influence elections and designates August 12th as “Election Worker Appreciation Day.”