Absentee voting for the Nov. 6 general election opens at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
With a ballot that includes close presidential and U.S. Senate races, as well as new Missouri House of Representative seats and three open county races for eastern and western commissioners and treasurer, Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada is projecting overall turnout to be at least 75 percent.
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