BENTON COUNTY POLLING PLACES

General Election
November 5, 2024

Polls open 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.

• PRECINCT POLLING PLACES
• Belle Plaine I Community Center, RSVP Room – 1309 5^th Avenue, Belle Plaine, IA
• Belle Plaine II Community Center, Dining Rm – 1309 5^th Avenue, Belle Plaine, IA
• Belle Plaine III Belle Plaine Fire Station – 504 13^th Street, Belle Plaine, IA
• Benton-Canton-Shellsburg Shellsburg Legion Hall – 114 Main Street, Shellsburg, IA
• Big Grove-Union-Van Horne Van Horne Community Center – 508 1^st Ave, Van Horne, IA
• *Bruce-Cedar-Monroe-Mt. Auburn *Cedar Hall – 202 2^nd Street, Mt. Auburn, IA
• Eden-Harrison-Taylor-Jackson-Garrison Courthouse, Center Hall – 111 E 4^th St, Vinton, IA
• Eldorado-Newhall Newhall City Hall – 11 2^nd Ave, Newhall, IA
• Florence-St. Clair-Norway St. Michael’s Parish Center – 512 Evergreen Street, Norway, IA
• Fremont-Atkins Atkins City Hall/Library – 480 3^rd Ave, Atkins, IA
• Homer-Kane-Keystone Keystone City Hall – 208 1^st Street, Keystone, IA
• Iowa-Leroy-Luzerne-Blairstown Blairstown City Hall/Community Center – 305 Locust Street, Blairstown, IA
• Polk-Urbana Urbana City Hall/Community Center – 102 Capital Ave, Urbana, IA
• Vinton I Vinton Skate & Activity Center 1703 C Ave, Vinton, IA
• Vinton II Vinton Skate & Activity Center – 1703 C Ave, Vinton, IA
• Vinton III Vinton Skate & Activity Center – 1703 C Ave, Vinton, IA
• Vinton IV Vinton Skate & Activity Center – 1703 C Ave, Vinton, IA
• Walford Walford City Hall/Community Center – 120 5^th Street N. Walford, IA

(*Denotes change in polling place)

2021 ELECTION LAW CHANGES:

Voter Registration: Voter must register to vote 15 days (October 21, 2024) or more before the election to appear on the voter register on Election Day.

Absentee Voting:

1. The first day to submit an absentee ballot request form to the Auditors office is 70 days before Election Day.
2. The first day the Auditors office may mail absentee ballots to voters is 20 days (October 16, 2024) before an election.
3. The first day to vote absentee in person at the Auditor’s Office is 20 days (October 16, 2024) before an election.
4. Absentee ballot requests for voting by mail must be received by 15 days (October 21, 2024) before an election.
5. Absentee ballots must be received by the county auditor by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.

Returning Absentee Ballots:

• The only people who may return a voted absentee ballot other than the voter are:
  • Someone living in the voter’s household
  • An immediate family member
  • The two special precinct election officials who deliver a ballot to the resident of a health care facility, dementia-specific assisted living program or hospital
  • Voters unable to return a ballot due to blindness or other disability may use a “delivery agent” to deliver their ballots.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS CANNOT BE PLACED IN THE DROP BOX OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE!!!