(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Deputy Auditor Sheri Karns says “After a meeting with the postal service today [Thursday] we were told that election mail will take SEVEN DAYS to reach its destination. That means if you have a ballot request already in [we] will mail your ballot on the 16th, you won’t receive that ballot until the 23rd. If you turn around and mail it back THAT DAY we should get it on the 30th. We have to have your ballot back by 8:00 p.m. on Nov 5th in order for it to count.”

Karns says “If you plan on voting absentee by mail PLEASE get your request in NOW so you receive your ballot in plenty of time to vote and return it!!!” She also advises all Absentee voters

that are voting by mail, that if you can hand deliver your voted ballot to the Cass County Auditor’s Office by Nov 5th, by all means do so. She adds it would be a good idea to “Not count on the mail service. The turn around time is just too short!!”

Voting in the Auditor’s Office begins Oct. 17th and continues until Nov. 4th. The office is open on Saturday, Nov. 2nd from 9-a.m. until 5-p.m., for those who can not come during the week. If you want any other information please call your local auditor’s office. In Cass County the phone number is 712-243-4570 or email skarns@casscoia.us.