About two dozen Pettis County high school students will have the chance to cast their vote in the Nov. 6 general election following a week -long registration drive by Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada.

Hats off to Nick La Strada, Pettis County clerk (and person in charge of voting) for his excellent presentation about voting registration requirements and current issues for the upcoming November election at the recent meeting of Diversified Community Outreach at the True Vine Church of God in Christ.

Nick La Strada, of Sedalia, announced on Monday his intention to run for Pettis County clerk as a Republican.

Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada is considering a plan to consolidate four of Sedalia’s polling places in a move that could save upwards of $4,000 a year in election costs.

Voters have a choice Nov. 2 between experience and new blood in the Pettis County Clerk race.

Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada announced Friday that he will consolidate to six polling places for the June 5 special election to elect six board members for the Pettis County Ambulance District.

Absentee voting for April 5 municipal elections across the county opens Tuesday — a first test of newly elected Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada.

Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada is launching a series of outreach, educational and registration initiatives this week as the clock ticks down to the Nov. 6 general election.

Gilbert Powers, with Henry M. Adkins & Son Inc., an election supply provider in Clinton, center, shows, from left, Shirley Wilson and Pettis County Clerk Nick LaStrada, how to load paper into a printer attached to a touch-screen voting machine. Helen Adams, right, follows along with the instructions. The training session to update and refresh poll workers on election day operating procedures is one of four that LaStrada has scheduled for Pettis County election workers in preparation for the state’s presidential preference primary on Feb. 7.

Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada conducted a successful voting machine test on Wednesday as preparations continue for the Nov. 6 general election.

Absentee voting for the Nov. 6 general election opens at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Incoming Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada is focusing his efforts on getting his new office in order and preparing for the April municipal elections.

Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada said the county’s optical scan machines are prepped for the April 5 municipal election, following a public test of the machines on Thursday.