Absentee Ballots For School Board Election Available Soon

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Susan L. Brown, Mahaska County Auditor, announces that absentee ballots for the School Election to be held September 10th 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 September 10th may send a written request to the Auditor’s Office, 106 South First Street, Oskaloosa, IA 52577. To obtain an absentee ballot, please go to the Secretary of State’s website www.sos.state.ia.us/elections 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 the size of 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 for Oskaloosa School District is Monday, September 9th, by 5:00 p.m. The last day to vote absentee for North Mahaska School District is Tuesday, September 10, by 11:00 A.M. Voted absentee ballots mailed must be postmarked by Monday, September 9th at midnight. The last day to request an absentee ballot to be mailed is Friday, September 6th, at 5:00 p.m.

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