SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller has announced that he is running for Secretary of State. Winner of the Sunshine Hero Award for 2022, Shane Schoeller has long championed election transparency and election security reforms.
“Free elections are the foundation of our Republic,” Schoeller said. “It’s been an honor to serve as Greene County’s election authority since 2015. I will use that experience as Secretary of State to ensure that Missouri’s elections are secure, fair, and accurate.”
Before his time as Greene County Clerk, Schoeller served in the Missouri State House of Representatives, where he led the effort to pass Voter ID legislation. Under his leadership, the Greene County Clerk’s office uncovered voter fraud and held the offender accountable. Schoeller also improved the County’s chain-of-custody procedures for ballot handling and has improved election audits of voting equipment.
“Missourians deserve to know that they can trust the outcomes of our elections,” continued Schoeller. “Combating voter fraud will always be my top priority.”
Nationally recognized as an expert on election security, Shane Schoeller is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Election Assistance Commission, where he serves on the Technical Guidelines Development Committee, helping to craft procedures to protect election integrity. Schoeller is one of two county-level election authorities to testify on election security before the United States Senate Rules Committee.
“As Secretary of State, I will fight to protect Missouri’s Voter ID laws, improve the security of absentee ballots, and ensure that Missouri’s vote-counting process is transparent and accountable,” Schoeller concluded. “I will resist any effort to allow illegal immigrants and non-citizens to vote in our elections.”
A native of Branson, Shane graduated from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO. He serves on the board of the Springfield Pregnancy Care Center and the Southwest Baptist University National Alumni Board of Directors. Shane and his wife, Mendie, live in Willard, MO, where they are active in their church and the local community. They have three children, Emma, Dorthy, and Johnny.