Absentee Ballots Now Available For November City Election

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Susan L. Brown, Mahaska County Auditor, announces that absentee ballots for the City Election to be held November 3rd are available in the Auditor’s Office. Contact the Auditor’s Office (641-673-7148) if you have any questions.

Any person unable to get to the polls on November 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 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 Keomah Village and Oskaloosa is Monday November 2, by 5:00 P.M. The last day to vote absentee for Barnes City, Beacon, Fremont, Leighton, New Sharon, Rose Hill, and University Park is Tuesday, November 3rd, by 11:00 A.M. Voted absentee ballots mailed must be postmarked by Monday, November 2nd at midnight. The last day to request an absentee ballot to be mailed is Friday, October 30th, at 5:00 p.m.

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