Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins says the new deadline to pre-register to vote is next Monday (10/18). That's fifteen days before the November 2nd election. Formerly, the deadline was 11 days. But, you can still register to vote on election day.
Another change from past years, the deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is next Monday.
"We can no longer just mail out absentee ballots, you have to request it. And so in order to do that you can call our office and make that request and we'll send you the form or you can just fill it out, you can print it out from our website and send it in to us and then we will mail you an absentee ballot."
In the past, as long as they were postmarked by election day absentee ballots were counted. Now, they must be received by the auditor by election day.
Tompkins says in-person early voting opens this Wednesday (10/13) at the auditor's office, and continues through Monday, November 1st.
