
The Democratic Primary Election is Tuesday, June 5. We have the opportunity to vote for our candidates for the following offices:
How to vote in the primary election
- Vote at your designated polling place on Tuesday, June 5, 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Find your designated polling place at the Secretary of State website: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/pollingplace/search.aspx.
- Vote by regular absentee ballot. Go to the County Auditor’s website (http://poweshiekcounty.org/auditor1.htm) and click on the link for an absentee ballot application and, if necessary, voter registration. Print off, fill out, and put in the mail to Poweshiek County Auditor, P.O. Box 57, Montezuma, Iowa 50171. Auditor Diana Dawley will mail you an absentee ballot. You have to be a registered Democrat to vote in the primary. Absentee ballots must be requested by Friday, June 1 and postmarked by Monday, June 4. You can also get these forms from the Secretary of State’s web-site. Right now I’m just not sure what it is.
- Vote by absentee ballot at the Poweshiek County Court House, during regular week-day business hours at the post office in Montezuma.
- Vote early in Grinnell on Saturday, June 2, 9 a.m. – noon at Drake Community Library (Fifth Avenue at Park Street).
Remember that the Iowa primary election is a closed election. To vote in the Democratic primary election, voters must be registered voters of the Democratic Party to participate. Voters can change their party affiliation anytime before election day or at their polling place on election day.