Starting today you can cast an absentee ballot for April’s election in Missouri.

Qualifications for those wanting to cast a ballot early are:

• Absence on Election Day from the jurisdiction of the election
• Incapacity or confinement due to illness or physical disability on election day,
• Religious belief or practice
• Employment as an election authority or by an election authority at a location other than such voter’s polling place,
• Incarceration, provided all qualifications for voting are retained.
• Safety concerns, certified participation in the address confidentiality program was established under sections 589.660 to 589.681.