(Atlantic, IA) – Cass County Auditor Kathy Somers reports the CAM Community School District special election will be held in Cass County, IA on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Election Day Voting
Pre-registered voters must provide an approved form of identification at the polling place to receive and cast a ballot.
Approved forms of identification include: Iowa driver’s license or non-operator identification card, U.S. Passport, U.S.
military or veteran’s identification, Tribal identification/document, Iowa voter identification card with PIN number.

Voters who are not pre-registered, such as those registering to vote on Election Day, or changing precincts, must provide
proof of identification and proof of residence using Election Day Registration documents. A voter who is unable to provide
an approved form of identification, or prove their residence, may:
• Have another registered voter from their precinct attest to the voter’s identity and residence, or
• Cast a provisional ballot and bring proof of identity and residence to the Cass County Auditor’s Office by 12:00 PM
on March 5, 2026.

Election Day Registration documents may be found at https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterinformation/edr.html.

Absentee Voting
In-person-absentee voting will take place at the Cass County auditor’s office:
• 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. February 11 – March 2, 2026
• 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday, February 16 and Friday, February 27, 2026

To vote by mail, submit an absentee ballot request form to the county auditor’s office by 5:00 p.m., February 16, 2026.
• Absentee ballot request forms are available at sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/absenteeinfo.html or the
county auditor’s office. Request forms received after the deadline will be rejected in accordance with state law.
• Absentee ballots must be returned to the county auditor’s office by 8:00 p.m. on election night, March 3, 2026.
Absentee and special-voter ballots will be counted at the county auditor’s office on Election Day.

Accessibility
Any voter who is physically unable to enter a polling place has the right to vote in the voter’s vehicle. For more information,
contact the county auditor’s office at 712-243-4570, or email auditor@casscoia.us. For TTY access, dial 711 + 712-243-4570.
Election Security and Audit
• Voting equipment will be used to tabulate the election results.
• The public test of election equipment will be held Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in the courthouse,
and will continue until the required test is completed.

Sample Ballots
May be viewed on the County’s website: https://www.casscountyia.gov/county-government/elections/special-elections/.

Polling places are listed below. Precincts with a temporary polling place change are indicated with an asterisk (*). Voters affected by these changes will receive an official Notice of Temporary Polling Place Change by mail.

Polling Locations
Anita Community Center (805 Main St.)
• Benton, Franklin, Grant, and Lincoln Townships
• Cities of Anita and Wiota
• Voters of the CAM school district extending into Adair and Audubon Counties *

Cumberland Community Center (200 W 2nd St.)
• Union Township
• City of Cumberland
• Voters of the CAM school district in Bear Grove and Noble Townships*

Massena Public Library (122 Main St.)
• Edna, Victoria, and Easterly Massena Townships
• Westerly Massena Township*
• City of Massena*
• Voters of the CAM school district extending into Adams County*

These polling place changes apply only to the March 3, 2026, CAM Special Election. For more information, contact the auditor’s office at 712-243-4570, or at the Cass County Courthouse.

No candidates will appear on the ballot.

Public Measures

CAM Community School District Physical Plant and Equipment Property Tax – Public Measure DH
Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District, in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, and Cass, State of Iowa, for the purpose of purchasing and improving grounds; constructing schoolhouses or buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; purchasing of buildings; purchase, lease or lease-purchase of technology and equipment; paying debts contracted for the erection or construction of schoolhouses or buildings, not including interest on bonds; procuring or acquisition of libraries; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding the schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; expenditures for energy conservation; renting facilities under Iowa Code Chapter 28E; purchasing transportation equipment for transporting students; lease purchase option agreements for school buildings or equipment; purchasing equipment authorized by law; or for any purpose or purposes now or hereafter authorized by law, be authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy annually, a voter-approved physical plant and equipment property tax not to exceed One Dollar Thirty-Four Cents ($1.34) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district commencing with the levy for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or each year thereafter?