VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR THE AUG. 8 PRIMARY

WHO CAN REGISTER

You can register if you live in Missouri and are at least 17 1/2 years old.

You can vote in the Aug. 8 primary if you are 18 years of age or older on election day.

Last day to register to vote for the Aug. 8 primary election in Missouri: July 12 at 5 p.m.

ABSENTEE VOTING

Registered voters can vote absentee now through Aug. 7.

The deadline for requesting a ballot by mail is Aug. 2. The voter must specify whether he or she wants a Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Constitution Party or Reform Party ballot.

For those voting by mail, the absentee ballot must be notarized unless the voter is ill or physically disabled.

WHERE TO REGISTER

Cape Girardeau County:

* The county clerk's office in the Cape Girardeau County Administrative Building in Jackson

* The voter registration office in the Common Pleas Annex in Cape Girardeau

* The Cape Girardeau Public Library

* Riverside Regional Library in Jackson

* The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center

* The Missouri Division of Family Services office at 130 S. Frederick in Cape Girardeau.

* The Missouri Employment Security Division - Job Service at 760 S. Kingshighway

For more information contact the county clerk's office at 243-3547

Perry County

* The county clerk's office in the Perry County Administration Building in Perryville

* Also in Perryville: the license bureau, Division of Family Services office and the Perry County Health Department

For more information contact the county clerk's office number is 547-4242

Scott County

* The county clerk's office at the Scott County Courthouse in Benton

* The license bureaus in Sikeston and Chaffee

* The Missouri Division of Family Services offiuce in Sikeston

* The city halls in Sikeston, Orfan, Chaffee and Scott City.

For more information contact the county clerk's number is 545-3549

Bollinger County

* County clerk's office at the Bollinger County Courthouse in Marble Hill

* The license bureau in Marble Hill

* The Division of Family Services office in Marble Hill

For more information contact the county clerk's number is 238-2126