Tuesday, June 7th is Primary Election Day. County Auditor Dan Widmer reminds the public that due to changes in Iowa’s voting laws, absentee ballots must be in hand at the auditor’s office by 8 p.m. Tuesday in order to be counted. Mailed ballots that are received after that time cannot be counted. Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, and some voters in the county should be aware that their precinct location may have changed due to this year’s redistricting. Widmer tells KCII news that voters who were impacted by that change should have received a postcard in the last month, and will receive another prior to the November general election. He encourages voters to register to vote in advance of election day and to be informed about where their polling place is located. Widmer explained the reason for polling location changes and his advice to those who plan to vote. “Unfortunately, due to all of the redistricting, it’s not as simple as saying that my polling place has switched from A to B. I really encourage people to do their research and find out exactly where they need to go. You can go to Washington County.iowa.gov and click on elections information. You can go to the Secretary of State’s website www.sos.iowa and once you get there you click on find your polling place. Or, and I want to emphasize this, call us at the Auditor’s Office at 653-7717 and we’re more than happy to help you with where you need to go to vote, or if you have any other questions.”
Contested Republican races on the ballot locally this June include County Recorder between Teresa Mangold and Dawn Fall-Hayes, County Board of Supervisors District 3 between Marcus Fedler and Bill Poch, State Representative District 92 between Jaron P. Rosien and Heather Hora, and at the state level, Auditor between Todd Halbur and Mary Ann Hanusa and US Senator between Chuck Grassley and Jim Carlin. Democrats have a pair of contested races at the state level between Joel Miller and Eric Van Lancker for Secretary of State and Abby Finkenauer, Michael Franken and Glenn Hurst for US Senate.
To find your polling location and more information about the primary election click here.