Absentee Voting
Absentee and Absentee In-Person voting is available 29 days before each Election.
You may vote absentee in-person at 124 2nd St. NE (two blocks west of the courthouse), Waverly. Voting will be open Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. starting October 5, 2020. Additional days include: Saturday, October 24 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and October 31 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday, November 2 will be 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Absentee In-Person Voting

Absentee In-Person voting opened Oct 5 for all Bremer County residents. Please remember to bring your identification. If you requested an absentee ballot by mail, you must vote the ballot you were issued by mail. Voters may bring the ballot to the absentee in-person site to cast the ballot or the courthouse drop box or auditor's office.

If your ballot has been spoiled or lost, you can go to the Absentee In-Person site (124 2nd St NE in Waverly) and vote. For more information, call 319.352.0340.

If you choose to go to the Absentee In-Person site and have not received your absentee ballot by mail, you will be asked to complete a State of Iowa Voter Statement. It is imperative that all ballots are tracked and accounted for by the auditor's office. We appreciate your understanding of Iowa's voting laws.
https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/absenteeballotstatus/…/search

Absentee Voting by Mail
 
Registered voters may request an absentee ballot to be sent to them by mail. You must complete an absentee ballot request form and return the original, signed form to your county auditor. The request form does not need to be witnessed or notarized.
 
An absentee ballot request form  must be received in the auditor’s office by 5 p.m. by October 24, 2020 for an absentee ballot to be mailed.
 
For more information on absentee voting visit: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/absenteeinfo.html
 
UOCAVA
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)
 
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) is a federal law that makes it easier for members of the armed forces and certain overseas U.S. citizens to register to vote and cast absentee ballots.
 
UOCAVA voters include:
 
  • Members of the armed forces on active duty and their spouses and dependents
  • Members of the merchant marine and their spouses and dependents
  • Civilian employees of the U.S. serving outside the territorial limits of the U.S. and their spouses and dependents who live with them
  • Members of religious or welfare agencies assisting members of the armed forces who are officially attached to and serving with the armed forces and their spouses and dependents
  • U.S. citizens who live outside the territorial limits of the U.S.*

*Citizens may register and vote in Iowa if either they or their parents were eligible electors of Iowa just before leaving the U.S. This includes citizens who were not old enough to register to vote at the time they left the country.

Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP)

FVAP stands for the Federal Voting Assistance Program. It is a division of the U.S. Department of Defense that provides voting information and assistance to members of the military and overseas citizens. It also administers UOCAVA.

UOCAVA voters can find copies of the federal postcard application (FPCA), federal write-in absentee ballot (FWAB), and information for voter registration and absentee voting specific to Iowa on FVAP’s website: www.fvap.gov.