Polk County Clerk

Rachel Lightfoot,

County Clerk

Contact Us:

Office: (417) 326-4031

Fax: (417) 326-3525

Office Hours:

Monday through Friday from

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location & Mailing Address:

102 E Broadway #11
Bolivar, MO 65613

  • Chief Budget Officer
  • Maintaining the Budget
  • Payroll
  • Accounts Payable
  • Financial Statement
  • General Administration
  • Election Administration
  • Voter Registration
  • Auctioneer Licenses
  • Liquor Licenses
  • Notary Commissions
  • County Commissioner Records
  • County Inventory
  • Human Resources
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employment Applications
  • Maintaining Personnel Records

April 8, 2025 General Municipal Election Information

The Polk County Clerk’s office will be open from 8:00 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 5, 2025, for those wishing to cast absentee ballots for Tuesday’s April 8, 2025 General Municipal Election.

The deadline for casting an absentee ballot in person at the clerk’s office is 5:00 p.m. the day before the election, Monday, April 7, 2025.

Those casting absentee ballots by mail must be sure their written request for a ballot arrives at the Clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2025.  Voters should be sure the request is signed, state the reason for voting absentee and provide an address to which the ballot should be sent.

Sample Ballots

Ballot 1 – Polk County Proposition

Ballot 2 – Village of Halfway, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 3 – Bolivar R-1 School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 4 – Pleasant Hope Fire Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 5 – Dallas Co School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 6 – Hickory Co R-1 School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 7 – Greene Co R-V School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 8 – Dadeville R-II School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 9 – Humansville North Ward, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 10 – Humansville South Ward, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 11 – Humansville Special Road Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 12 – Village of Flemington, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 13 – City of Morrisville, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 14 – City of Fair Play, Polk Co R-II School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 15 – Polk Co R-II School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 16 – Bolivar Ward 2, Bolivar R-1 School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 17 – Bolivar Ward 1, Bolivar R-1 School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 18 – Bolivar Ward 4, Bolivar R-1 School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 19 – Bolivar Ward 3, Bolivar R-1 School Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 20 – City of Pleasant Hope, Pleasant Hope Fire Dist, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 21 – Fair Grove Fire Protection, Polk Co Prop

Ballot 22 – Fair Grove R-X School Dist, Fair Grove Fire Protection, Polk Co Prop,

The County Clerk’s Office is responsible for

  • Liquor Licenses
  • Auctioneer Licenses

Please call the County Clerk Office for more information: (417) 326-4031

All disputes concerning assessed value on personal property must fill out and submit proper paperwork and meet before the Board of Equalization. 

Click on link below for all required documentation.

BOE Forms

VOTER PHOTO ID INFORMATION

Due to the new election law being passed, photo ID is now required in order to vote. To see what are acceptable forms of identification and how to obtain a photo ID for those who do not yet have an ID, please click on links below.

Free ID

Photo ID

Visit the Missouri Secretary of State website for more information at www.sos.gov.