Absentee Ballots For May 3 Special Election Available At Auditors Office

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Susan L. Brown, Mahaska County Auditor, announces that absentee ballots for the Special Election to be held May 3, 2016 will be available in the Auditor’s Office. Contact the Auditor’s Office (641-673-7148) for availability.

Any person unable to get to the polls on May 3rd may send a signed, written request to the Auditor’s Office, 106 South First Street, Oskaloosa, IA 52577. To obtain an absentee ballot, please go to the Mahaska County’s website www.mahaskacounty.org and download the Absentee Ballot Request Form. The request must contain the name, residential address, birth date, and address where the ballot is to be mailed. The request must indicate what election the absentee ballot is being requested and must be signed by each person requesting a ballot. The voter requesting the ballot can either use an Official Absentee Ballot Request Form or this information can be written on a piece of paper not smaller than a 3 x 5 postcard.

Absentee ballots may also be voted in the Auditor’s Office daily from 8:00 A.M. until 4:30 P.M., Monday thru Friday. The last day to vote absentee in the office is Monday, May 2nd at 5 P.M. Voted absentee ballots mailed must be postmarked by Monday, May 2nd. The last day to request an absentee ballot to be mailed is Friday, April 29th, at 5:00 P.M.

Anyone having questions regarding absentee voting may contact the Auditor’s Office, 641-673-7148.