Early voting begins for city elections in Linn County

Linn County voters can begin casting ballots Monday for the upcoming Nov. 7 city elections.

In-person absentee voting at the Linn County Auditor's Office — located in the Jean Oxley Public Service Center, 935 Second St. SW. — runs through Nov. 6., according to the Auditor's Office website.

Voters also can request to have absentee ballots mailed to them. Mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before Nov. 6.

In addition, Hiawatha voters will have the option to vote at a special satellite location from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Hiawatha Public Library, 150 W. Willman St. The satellite location was requested because of the presence of a $1.2 million bond issue on the ballot to help pay for expansion and renovations to the library.

To the south in Johnson County, early voting is set to begin Oct. 18 at the Johnson County Administrative Services Building, 913 S. Dubuque St.

Some of Linn County's races include:

Cedar Rapids

Mayor — Kris Gulick, Scott Olson, Brad Hart, Gary Hinzman, Tim Pridegon, Jorel Robinson, Lemi Tilahun and Monica Vernon.

District 1 council — Marty Hoeger and Ryan Russell.

District 3 council — Keith Rippy, Dale Todd and Justin Wasson.

District 5 council — Justin Shields, Ashley Vanorny and Keith Wiggins.

At-large — Damian Epps, Lisa Kuzela and Tyler Olson.

Marion

Ward 2 council — Steven Jensen and Peter Johnson.

Ward 4 council — Rene Gadelha (uncontested).

At-large — Bruce Cummins and Randy Strnad.

Hiawatha

At-large (2 seats) — Rob Archibald, Steven Dodson, Robert Rampulla and Thomas Theis.

Candidate lists for the rest of the county's municipalities can be found at the Linn County Auditor's website, https://gis.linncounty.org/webdata/election/2017/20171107/candidates.pdf

Johnson County

Some of Johnson County's races include:

Iowa City

At-large (2 seats) — Kingsley Botchway III, Mazahir Salih and Angela Winnike.

District B — Ryan Hall and Susan Mims.

Coralville

Mayor — Incumbent John Lundell (unopposed).

At-large (3 seats) — Elizabeth Dinschel, Meghann Foster, Thomas Gill, Laurie Goodrich, Cindy Riley, Miriam Timmer-Hackert, Imad Youssif.

North Liberty

Mayor — Incumbent Terry Donahue (unopposed).

At-large (2 seats) — Jennifer Goings, Annie Polluck and Brian Wayson.

Johnson County election information can be found at johnson-county.com/dept_auditor_elections.aspx?id=22162

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