Election Day 2017: Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Linn and Johnson counties

A sprawling field of candidates vying to become the next mayor of Cedar Rapids. Competitive city council races in Iowa City, Coralville, Marion and many other municipalities in Linn and Johnson counties. A library bond issue in Hiawatha and a hotel/motel tax vote in University Heights.

After months of campaigning, Election Day arrives Tuesday with voters deciding a full slate of local races and issues.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly cloudy skies, then clearing, with a high of 41 degrees and low of 24 degrees. Light winds during the day will calm in the evening.

'We would really like to see people get out and vote,” said Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert. 'You can pick up your phone and call your city council member, your school board member, your county official and they're probably going to answer and hear your concerns.

'Once you get to the federal level, that's probably not the case, so it's important to vote in these.”

POLLS

Voters should use their municipal election voting location. The Linn County Auditor's Office website, linncountyelections.org/lookup/, includes a search tool to confirm your voting location.

Voting locations that have changed this year are:

- Cedar Rapids precinct 7 - From Kirkwood Training and Outreach to Christ Episcopal Church, 220 40th St. NE.

- Cedar Rapids precinct 15 - From Bethany Lutheran Church to Christ Episcopal Church, 220 40th St. NE.

- Cedar Rapids precinct 22 - From consolidated poll locations for Cedar Rapids 17 and 22 to First Lutheran Church, 1000 Third Ave. SE.

- Cedar Rapids precinct 24 - From Bethany Lutheran Church to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1285 Third Ave. SE.

- Marion precinct 2 - From Kirkwood Training Outreach and Services to Thomas Park Safe Room, 343 Marion Blvd.

In Johnson County, voters can use a database on the Auditor's Office website, gis.johnson-county.com/generalpollingplaces/ to find their polling place.

Some precincts in Johnson County have been moved to temporary polling locations due to school construction. Those are:

- Iowa City Precinct 7 - From West High to University of Iowa Athletic Hall of Fame, 2425 Prairie Meadow Dr.

- Iowa City Precinct 18 - From Longfellow School to the Kirkwood Avenue Church of Christ, 1320 Kirkwood Ave.

Additionally, University Heights has a new permanent polling location, which is in City Hall at 1302 Melrose Ave.

REGISTRATION

People can register to vote at their polling location on Election Day by showing a valid form of identification.

Voters need to prove both who they are and where they're from to register, according to the Secretary of State's website. If voter's do not have a valid Iowa driver's license with their current address printed on it they may use:

- Iowa non-driver ID card.

- Out-of-state driver's license or non-driver ID card.

- U.S. passport.

- U.S. military ID.

- ID card issued by employer.

- Student ID issued by Iowa high school or college.

If voters use an ID without their current address, they must also bring a document that includes both their name and current address. Examples are paperwork for a residential lease, a utility or cellphone bill, a bank statement, a paycheck or a government check or other government document.

EARLY VOTING

Through Friday evening, 2,522 votes had been cast early in Linn County, including 2,156 in Cedar Rapids. In Johnson County, about 1,800 ballots were cast early, down about 300 from the last municipal election.

'It's been pretty slow, unfortunately,” Weipert said. 'We don't know how much of that is attributed to voter fatigue from the school bond issues that we had back in September and some of it is, even though we do have some contested races, there's not really any hot button issues on a lot of ballots.”

ELECTION COVERAGE

Residents can follow thegazette.com for real-time results on election night.

Before they cast their ballots, readers can learn more about candidates' voting histories and their campaign finances in Coralville and Iowa City, as well as Cedar Rapids and Marion.

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