Absentee ballots for the June 3 primary election are now available at the Greene County auditor’s office at the courthouse. Voters may vote an absentee ballot in person at the auditor’s office Monday through Friday between 8 am and 4:30 pm.
Voters may also request a ballot to mailed to them by using the absentee request form posted on the Secretary of States website. http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/absenteeballotappfull.pdf
The voting equipment to be used for the election will be tested May 20. To see the public notice of testing, click here: https://greenecountynewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/PN-Test-voting-equipment.pdf
Locally, the only contested race is the candidacy for county treasurer on the Republican ticket. Phyllis A. Drake and Kristi Holz are both seeking that nomination.
Democrats voting in the primary will select a candidate to run against Republican incumbent Chip Baltimore of Boone for the House District 47 seat. Democratic candidates are Hans Erickson of Boone and Mark J. Trueblood of Ogden.
Republicans voting in the primary will choose (along with a county treasurer candidate) a candidate to run for the US Senate seat now held by Democrat Tom Harkin, who is not running for re-election. Candidates are Sam Clovis of Hinton, Joni Ernst of Red Oak, Mark Jacobs of West Des Moines, Scott Schaben of Ames and Matt Whitaker of Clive.
Bruce Braley of Waterloo is the only Democratic candidate for the seat.
Also, Republican Tom Hoefling of Lohrville is taking on Gov Terry Branstad in a primary race for that office. Jack Hatch of Des Moines is the only Democrat on the primary ballot for governor.
