OSKALOOSA — First day to mail absentee ballots or vote absentee at Mahaska County Auditor’s Office was yesterday, Wednesday, October 16 for the General Election. To obtain an absentee ballot, please go to the Mahaska County’s website www.mahaskacountyia.gov or the Secretary of State’s website www.sos.state.ia.us/elections and download the Absentee Ballot Request Form. Mail your signed, completed form to: Mahaska County Auditor, 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, October 21. If you do not have access to either website, contact the Auditor’s Office. 

Absentee ballots that are returned by mail must be received in the Auditor’s Office by 8 p.m. on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Voted absentee ballots may also be returned to the Auditor’s Office in person until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024. For further information or questions regarding the General Election, please call the Auditor’s Office at (641) 673-7148.