Section 18 Election-Related Issues

• Library: Urban Development Subdivisions, and Annexations (2011 Ed.)

When there are no registered voters in the area to be annexed, court decisions indicate that, under § 71.015, RSMo 2000, annexation of vacant land is permissible if the annexing municipality attains a two-thirds majority in either the first or the second election. No second election is required if the annexing municipality obtains the two-thirds majority in the first election. State ex inf. Nesslage v. City of Lake St. Louis,718 S.W.2d 214 (Mo. App. E.D. 1986); State ex inf. Nesslage v. Vill. of Flint Hill,718 S.W.2d 210 (Mo. App. E.D. 1986) (determining that when two-thirds majority was already achieved, requirement for a second election would be absurd). See also City of Centralia, MO v. Norden,879 S.W.2d 724 (Mo. App. W.D. 1995) (citing City...