OSKALOOSA — The first day to request an Absentee Ballot for the Primary Election is today, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, and the first day to mail absentee ballots is Wednesday, May 15. To obtain an absentee ballot, please go to the Mahaska County’s website https://elections.mahaskacountyia.gov/vote/absentee/ or the Secretary of State’s website www.sos.state.ia.us/elections and download the Absentee Ballot Request Form. Your request must state you would like to vote Republican, Democratic or Libertarian  in the Primary Election, June 4, 2024. Mail your signed, completed form to: Mahaska County Auditor, Teri Rogers, 106 South 1st Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577. The absentee ballot will be sent to the  voter once the request has been received in the Auditor’s Office, with all the required information. Deadline to request an absentee by mail is 5 PM on Monday, May 20. If you do not have access to  either website, contact the Auditor’s Office. 

Absentee ballots that are returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Monday, June 3, 2024, AND received in the Auditor’s Office by 8 p.m. Election Day, June 4, 2024. Voted absentee  ballots may also be returned to the Auditor’s Office in person until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, June 4, 2024. For further information or questions regarding the Primary Election, please call the Auditor’s Office at (641) 673-7148.