It appears that a recount can be requested if the difference is less than 1%
115.601. Recount authorized when less than one percent difference in vote—recount,
defined.—1. Any contestant in a primary or other election contest who was defeated by less than
one percent of the votes cast for the office and any contestant who received the second highest
number of votes cast for that office if two or more are to be elected and who was defeated by
less than one percent of the votes cast, or any person whose position on a question was defeated
by less than one percent of the votes cast on the question, shall have the right to a recount of the
votes cast for the office or on the question.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/electionGoVoteMissouri/2015ElectionLaws.pdf
2. In cases where the candidate filed or the ballot question was originally filed with an election authority as defined in section 115.015, such recount shall be requested in accordance with the provisions of section 115.531 or 115.577 and conducted under the direction of the court or the commissioner representing the court trying the contest according to the provisions of this subchapter.
But maybe section 3 applies- which says one half of one percent?????
Elections law, it’s infuriating!
Looks like a recount will happen either way.