Missouri Revised Statutes section 115.125

… <p class="norm">  3.  Except as provided for in sections <a class="norm" href="/main/OneSection.aspx?section=115.247" style="color:Navy;font-size:inherit;">115.247</a> and <a class="norm" href="/main/OneSection.aspx?section=115.359" style="color:Navy;font-size:inherit;">115.359</a>, if there is no additional cost for the printing or reprinting of ballots or if the political subdivision or special district calling for the election agrees to pay any printing or reprinting costs, a political subdivision or special district may, at any time after certification of the notice of election required in subsection 1 of this section, but no later than 5:00 p.m. on the eighth Tuesday before the election, be permitted to make late notification to the election authority pursuant to court order, which, except for good cause shown by the election authority in opposition thereto, shall be freely given upon application by the political subdivision or special district to the circuit court of the area of such subdivision or district.  No court shall have the authority to order an individual or issue be placed on the ballot less than eight weeks before the date of the election.</p> …