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Absentee Voting in the Primary Pushed in Light to Health Concerns

March 18th, 2020

Wapello County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Kelly Spurgeon is encouraging those wishing to vote in the June 2 Primary Election to vote absentee by mail due to the recent concerns with coronavirus and COVID-19.

“I am respectfully asking our voters to vote absentee by mail for the June Primary Election after meeting with public health officials, other county auditors around Iowa and with staff from the Secretary of State’s office,” Spurgeon said. “We are making this push for the safety of our voters and polling location workers.”

Spurgeon said polling locations will be open for voting on June 2, however she anticipates many will be combined creating fewer polling locations than normal for a Primary Election.

“We aren’t sure what this situation will be when Election Day gets here,” Spurgeon explained. “We hope all of our precinct election officials will be able to work that day, but we just don’t know at this point so we will reduce the number of polling locations that we will need to staff.”

Spurgeon said it has not yet been determined which polling locations will be combined. She said that will be announced soon.

Absentee ballots must be requested in writing. Forms are available on the Wapello County Auditor’s Web site HERE or you can write on a regular piece of paper your name, address, mailing address if different than your home address, party affiliation, sign and date and send to the Auditor’s office by mail.  Absentee ballot requests may also be obtained by calling the Wapello County Auditor’s Office and requesting one be sent. The Wapello County Auditor’s Office phone number is 641-683-0020. Requests may be submitted now.

Absentee requests to vote by mail must be received in the Auditor’s Office by 5 p.m. May 22.

Voters are reminded that for the Primary Election they must choose a political party on the request form in order to receive the correct ballot.

Absentee voters are also reminded they will need to provide a personal identification number (PIN) when voting absentee either in person or by mail. That PIN will most likely be your Iowa driver’s license number or your Iowa non-operator’s ID number. If a voter does not have either of those, the voter should have been sent a PIN in December from the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office.

Please note:  We can’t accept absentee ballot requests for the General Election until July 6, 2020.

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2020 Election Information

March 16th, 2020

PRIMARY ELECTION – JUNE 2, 2020 (POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M.)

May 4, 2020: Absentee ballots may be mailed or voted in the auditor’s office
May 22, 2020 by 5 p.m. Voter Pre-Registration Deadline & deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed. (written absentee request must be received in auditor’s office)
May 30, 2020: auditor’s office open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
June 1, 2020: Last day to request and vote an absentee ballot in-person

 

GENERAL ELECTION – NOVEMBER 3, 2020 (POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M.)

July 6, 2020: Absentee Ballot Request Start Date
October 5, 2020: Absentee ballots may be mailed or voted in the auditor’s office
October 24, 2020 by 5 p.m. Voter Pre-Registration Deadline & deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed. (written absentee request must be received in auditor’s office)
October 31, 2020: auditor’s office open from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
November 2, 2020: : Last day to request and vote an absentee ballot in-person

 

**OFFICE HOURS ARE FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 4:30 P.M. UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE

More election information and forms

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2020 County Offices Up for Election

March 16th, 2020

The following County Offices are up for election in 2020: Supervisor, Auditor, Sheriff, Soil & Water Commissioners, Agricultural Extension Council and township offices.

County Level Offices (Partisan Candidates for June Primary): Monday, March 2, 2020 – Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Filing dates for said offices are as follows:

– County Level Offices (NPPO and Nominated by Petition): Monday, March 2, 2020 – Friday, March 20, 2020
– Township Trustee: Monday, March 2, 2020 – Friday, March 20, 2020
– Soil and Water Conservation Board: Monday, March 2, 2020 – Friday, March 20, 2020
– County Agricultural Extension: No Start Date – Wednesday, August 26, 2020

The filing deadline is 5:00 p.m. on the last day of filing period outlined above.
Candidate nomination papers are available on the Iowa Secretary of State’s website
and may be obtained at the county auditor’s office. Check with the auditor’s office for signature requirements.

County Auditor Elections Page

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About Wapello County

Wapello County was created on February 17, 1843 from Unorganized Territory. The county opened at midnight on April 30, 1843 with several hundred eager settlers camped along the eastern border. At the sound of a shotgun, they

 

raced towards the “New Purchase” to make their claim. Many conflicts arose over the hastily made boundary lines, which were usually settled peaceably by the claim committees. Within a month 5,000 people lived in Wapello County.