Officials with Rural Community Solutions in Atlantic report a minimal-contact, drive-through voter registration event will be held in Atlantic, from 9-a.m. until Noon one week from this Saturday, in the parking lot of Iowa Western Community College. If you are currently not registered to vote, have never registered to vote, and/or will be 18 years of age on or before Election Day, Nov. 3rd, stop by the Voter registration drive on September 19th.

The completely non-partisan activity is coordinated by four Atlantic women: Kimberlee Spillers, Mary Loe, Jan Lunde, and Ellen Sokolowski.  The group says “We had not heard of anyone holding this type of event, so we decided to make it happen. We are grateful to Iowa Western Community College for giving us permission to use the parking lot. It’s location, visibility, easy access, and ability to be a one-way drive-thru, makes it the perfect place. Plus, being across the street from the very busy ‘Udderly Delicious’ ice cream stand should get some attention!”

Here are event details:
❖ “Register to Vote” signs will be placed on 7th and Walnut Streets to call attention to passing
traffic.
❖ Applicants are asked to drive into the northeast entrance to IWCC off Walnut Street.
❖ You will need your driver’s license or voter PIN number to complete the form.
❖ Masked volunteers will come to your car window and hand you a clipboard with a voter
registration form. You will be given a pen to use, or may use one of your own.
❖ If desired, an applicant may also complete an absentee ballot request form.
❖ Once completed, the registrant will return the form/s, clipboard, and pen to the volunteer.
❖ The applicant drives out through the southeast or south exits.
❖ The clipboards and pens will be wiped after each use and the volunteer will sanitize their hands
before helping the next applicant.

The group says with “National Voter Registration Day September 22nd, [the] event is perfectly placed. We have checked with the Cass County Auditor’s Office to ensure all is being done correctly. All completed forms will be turned into the auditor’s office immediately. We are very excited for this opportunity to help people register to cast their ballot for the candidates of their choosing. Voting is an honor for everyone in our country and we are proud to enable new applicants to take their place as fully registered voters.”

Please note: you will not be able to vote at this event; it is only to register people to vote. Voting ballots will be mailed from the Cass County Auditor’s office October 5th to people who have requested absentee ballots. Voters can stop in the auditor’s office to vote in person, beginning October 5th. For questions about the event, please email Kimberlee Spillers at  kim@ghorizons.com. For general voter registration questions, if you are unable to register September 19, or live outside Atlantic and want to register, please call the Cass County Auditor’s office at 712-243-4570. If you’d like to complete the form/s yourself, go to this link for the Iowa Secretary of State, https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterinformation/voterregistration.html.

When completed, drop off or mail to Cass County Auditor, 5 West 7th Street, Atlantic, Iowa 50022.