BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Auditor’s office has released it’s formal announcement about the upcoming general election, including a sample ballot.

NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION AND OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION

I, Philippe E. Meier, Commissioner of Elections for Boone County, Iowa, do hereby certify that this is a facsimile of the ballot to be voted at the General Election, Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020, in Boone County, Iowa.

Precinct Count will be used for all precincts in the county.  Public testing of the precinct count equipment was held at 9:00 AM on October 13^th and at the Boone County Courthouse.

This sample ballot is of the first rotation in the county and lists candidates within this particular legislative area for the 47^th State Representative District.

However, in those precincts of the county within the 48^th State Representative District the candidates’ names will appear correctly in their respective precincts as follows:

Madrid Wards 1, 2 & 3.1 (excluding 3.2), Rural Precinct 1 (Colfax and Garden Townships, and the part of City of Sheldahl within Boone County), and Rural Precinct 6 (Dodge, Harrison and Jackson Townships):

For State Representative, 48^th District:  Democrat – Jack Friend;  Republican – Robert Bacon 

            All township offices will be shown in the correct precinct within their area.

The polls will be open at all voting precincts in the county on Central Standard Time; all precincts are now under permanent registration, and the voting hours will be from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. as now provided by statute.

Boone County Polling Places

PRECINCT                                                                  POLLING PLACE

BN1   Boone 1                                                           Boone Co Fairgrounds Comm Bldg 1601 Industrial Park Rd

BN2   Boone 2                                                            DMACC – Rm 146/Door 11 1125 Hancock Dr

BN3   Boone 3                                                            First Evangelical Free Church 1407 Kate Shelley Dr

BN4   Boone 4 & Des Moines Twp                             Ericson Public Library 702 Greene St

BN5   Boone 5                                                            Boone Co Courthouse 201 State St

MD1   Madrid 1                                                           Madrid Community Room

MD2   Madrid 2                                                           Madrid Community Room

MD3   Madrid 2                                                           Madrid Community Room 303 S Water St

OG    Ogden                                                               Leonard Good Comm Center 114 SW 8^th St

RP1   Rural Precinct 1 (Colfax & Garden Twps: & Sheldahl)

Madrid Public Library 100 W 3^rd St

RP2   Rural Precinct 2 (Cass, Douglas & Worth Twps: & Luther & Woodward)

Luther City Hall 7 Luther St

RP3   Rural Precinct 3 (Peoples & Union Twps: & Berkley)

Boone Co Shed – Berkley 262 284^th St

RP4   Rural Precinct 4 (Amaqua, Beaver, Marcy & Yell Twps: & Beaver)

Good Public Library – Ogden 208 W Mulberry St

RP5   Rural Precinct 5 (Grant & Pilot Mound Twps: & Boxholm, Fraser & Pilot Mound)

Pilot Mound Comm Bldg 112 Pilot St

RP6   Rural Precinct 6 (Dodge, Harrison & Jackson Twps)

Boone Co Fairgrounds Comm Bldg 1601 Industrial Park Rd

Any voter who is physically unable to enter a polling place has the right to vote in the voter’s vehicle.  For further information, please contact the county auditor’s office at 515-433-0502.

This proclamation is given in compliance with the provision of the Code of Iowa, Chapters 49 and 49.53 and 49.73.

For elections held in 2020, pre-registered voters are required to provide an approved form of identification at the polling place before receiving and casting a ballot. Identification which has expired in calendar year 2020 will be considered valid for the purpose of the election.

Voters who are not pre-registered will also be required to provide proof of residence.

A voter who cannot provide proof of identification may have their identity attested to by another voter registered in the precinct who has an approved form of identification. For more information about voter ID, visit http://sos.iowa.gov/voterid.

A person who is eligible to register to vote and vote, may register on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in which the individual resides. The voter must complete a voter registration application, make written oath and provide acceptable proof of identity and acceptable proof of residence. Acceptable documents which can be used as proof of identity and proof of residence are very specific and substitutes will not be accepted. To see all forms of approved ID visit http://sos.iowa.gov/voterid

Philippe E. Meier

Commissioner of Elections

Boone County, Iowa

 

BN1 – Boone 1

Sample ballots for each voting precinct in Boone County is available from the Auditor’s office on the Boone County website.

 

(contributed information, Boone County Commissioner of Elections)