Posted by Melody on Thursday, Nov 1, 2018
Today I learned that early voters can track their absentee ballot through the Iowa Secretary of State's office. Here's a snapshot of the info you need to look up your ballot:
Absentee ballots are what's used when you vote early at a satellite location like the Iowa City Public Library. I am waiting until Election Day to vote so I can head to our neighborhood's polling place to high-five my fellow neighbors for voting.
The last chance to vote early at ICPL is this Saturday, November 3. If you can't make it to your polling place on Tuesday, November 6, head to the Johnson County Auditor's Office on Sunday (10am-5pm) or Monday (7:45am-5:30pm).
More About Absentee Ballots
If you received an absentee ballot in the mail that you haven't returned yet, consider turning it in to the Johnson County Auditor's office directly, or turn it in to a satellite voting location. Absentee ballots must be postmarked by November 5 and reach the auditor's office by November 13th in order to count.
There's no mailing these ballots or turning them in to your polling place on Election Day. And there's no voting at the Auditor's Office on Election Day either. Just at your polling place.
For handing in an absentee ballot, the Auditor's Office is open the following hours:
- Thursday, November 1, until 7pm
- Friday November 2, 7:45am - 5:30pm
- Saturday, November 3, 8am - 5pm
- Sunday, November 4, 10am - 5pm
- Monday, November 5, 7:45am - 5:30pm
- Election Day Tuesday, November 6, 7:45am - 9pm
Voting early is great. But you gotta do it right!
About the Author
I've been at the library for more than 10 years now, and I still find joy when choosing the best books for our readers. My current reading journey is taking me book by book through different genres. I'm challenging myself to find books that are enough outside my wheelhouse that I'd pass them by on first glance. The genre I'm looking forward to... more
When Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2022, I had to buy several of her books for our biography collection in order to meet readers' demand. I didn't get on the reserve list right away because I like to wait for the demand to die down before checking a title out. This book is a slim 61 pages, and it's totally worth the read. It will be most appreciated by those who have felt all-consumed with the romantic yearning for another human being. Even if it's been 20 years since one has last had the feeling, Ernaux's writing entices one to contemplate those feelings, what the body demands, and what the mind rationalizes. It's funny because I picked this book up expecting to find a simple passion! And it was absolutely complex and full of mindfulness. At least in my humble opinion. There were several expressive statements that forced me to pause and reflect. The book might be in our fiction section, but the writing is real. And the feeling is most definitely real. -Melody