Absentee In-Person Voting
You may cast an absentee ballot in the Auditor's Office in the Courthouse Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. before any election.
Voters in Iowa are required to show an ID when voting absentee in-person and at the polls on election day. The following are valid forms of ID that can be used when voting absentee in-person.
- Iowa Voter Identification Card
- Iowa Driver’s License
- Iowa Non-Operator ID
- U.S. Military ID or Veteran ID
- U.S. Passport
- Tribal ID Card/Document
You must vote your absentee ballot at the auditor's office. You cannot take the ballot home with you.
For primary and general elections, absentee ballots will be available no earlier than 20 days at the county auditors' offices. For all other elections, ballots will be available as soon as they are ready, but not sooner than 20 days before an election.
In-person absentee voting is not available on election day at the auditor's office unless the polls open at noon. If the polls open at noon, you may cast an absentee ballot at the county auditor's office from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on election day.
Absentee Voting by Mail
For more information on absentee voting visit:
https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/absenteeinfo.html
- 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.