The deadline to pre-register to vote and request a mailed absentee ballot for the 2024 General Election is Monday.

Registered voters may request an absentee ballot to be sent to them in the mail through the Marion County Auditor’s Office. To download an absentee ballot request form use this link. You must complete and return the original, signed form to the Marion County Auditor’s Office at the courthouse by 5:00 Monday evening. Those who miss the deadline to pre-register to vote can do so on election day, as Iowa is a state that allows same day registration. 

Those who would like to vote absentee can vote at the Marion County Auditor’s Office on the second floor of the courthouse, or they can request a mailed absentee ballot to be sent to them. The last day to absentee vote at the Marion County Auditor’s Office will be Monday, November 4th. There is also going to be a satellite station for absentee voting at the Pleasantville Memorial Hall from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm on Wednesday, October 23rd and the Graham Conference Center at Central College from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm on Wednesday, October 30th. Marion County Auditor Jake Grandia assures the citizens of Marion County that absentee voting is a secure process.

“We handle each one individually, we have to have a request in writing, we get the ballot back to make sure the affidavit is signed and they stay sealed and locked until a bi-partisan team deals with them on election day. It’s a good process. It’s a lot of work, but there are steps that have to be taken, and there are dates that you have to request by or be done by. They have to be returned by election day by 8:00 pm so people need to think about that when they’re considering doing it.”

If you would like more information on elections in Marion County you can follow this link. Hear more from Grandia on Monday’s Let’s Talk Knoxville.