Absentee Voting Begins at Clinton County Auditor’s Office

CLINTON – Clinton County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Eric Van Lancker has announced that absentee ballots for the November 8, 2022, General Election are available to be voted in the Clinton County Auditor’s Office on Wednesday, October 19.
Absentee ballots may be cast in the Clinton County Auditor’s Office at the Clinton County Administration Building, 1900 N. 3rd St., Clinton, IA, during regular office hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, through November 7. The Clinton County Auditor’s Office will also be open Saturday, October 29, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday, November 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Absentee ballots must be requested in writing. Forms are available at the Auditor’s Office, on the Clinton County Web site at elections.clintoncounty-ia.gov and at the Iowa Secretary of State’s Web site at www.sos.state.ia.us.
All requests for ballots to be mailed must be received by the Auditor’s Office by 5 p.m., October 24. Ballots returned to the Auditor’s Office through the mail must be returned by 8 p.m. on November 8. Ballots received after the polls closed shall not be counted now despite its postmark due to new election laws passed by the Iowa Legislature last year.
Sample ballots for the 2022 General Election may be found on the Clinton County Web site at elections.clintoncounty-ia.gov.
For more information about the 2022 General Election contact the Clinton County Auditor’s office at 563-244-0568 or visit the website at elections.clintoncounty-ia.gov. Voters can also follow Clinton County Elections on Facebook and Twitter.