Montgomery County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Stephanie Burke, has announced that absentee ballots for the November 5, 2019, City/School Elections are available in the Auditor’s office. Absentee ballots may be cast in the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office at the Courthouse, during regular office hours from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday- Friday, through November 4. Absentee ballots are available for all cities and school districts within the Montgomery County boundaries.

Absentee ballots must be requested in writing. Request forms are available at the Auditor’s office, on the Montgomery County website at www.montgomerycountyiowa.com and at the Iowa Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.iowa.gov. The deadline for the Auditor’s office to receive a request form to have an absentee ballot mailed to a voter is Friday, October 25 at 5:00 p.m. You can mail your request form to PO Box 469, Red Oak, Iowa, 51566. Ballots requested through the mail must be returned and postmarked by midnight, November 4. Ballots may also by hand-delivered to the Auditor’s office before 8 p.m. on November 5.

For more information about the 2019 City/School Elections in Montgomery County, contact the Auditor’s office at 623-5127.  Voters can keep up with the latest Election happenings on the Montgomery County Auditor & Elections Facebook page.