Voting
Guide to voting and participating in citizenship
National Voter Education Week - Oct. 5-9
- Be Voter ReadyMonday, Oct. 5 - Registration is the first step to becoming a voter. Use this link to check your voter registration status or to get help voting. See below for more links from Linn County and Johnson County.
Voter Registration - Linn County
- Voter Registration informationFrom the Linn County Auditor - information on how to register, when, and where. Pre-registration ends Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at 5 p.m.
Voter Registration - Johnson County
- Voter Registration guideFrom the Johnson County Auditor, information on how to register: Online; by Mail; in Person; on Election Day.
- Early Voting ScheduleEarly voting begins on Monday, October 5. This page lists locations and times for early voting, including drive-up voting. Drive-up voting takes place at the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque St. - enter from Clinton St.
Register to Vote in Iowa
- Voter RegistrationSite lists qualifications to vote in Iowa and links to the voter registration form.
- Find your County Auditor/Commissioner of ElectionsClick on the county you live in on the state map of Iowa to find the mailing address, telephone number, etc. of your county auditor.
- Find your Precinct or Polling PlaceThe polling place data on this page is for regularly scheduled Primary, General, School and City Elections only. It is provided by county auditors through the statewide voter registration database.
- Absentee VotingWhat to do and how to vote if you cannot get to the polls on election day.
- Election Day RegistrationIowa allows you to register and vote on election day. This page will provide you with the rules and guidelines.
Websites on U.S. government participation
- Find your Iowa LegislatorEnter you address to find your state representative and senator.
- Participating in GovernmentProvides easy ideas for how each citizen can make a difference in their government.
- Public Service and VolunteerismThis list of organizations is provided by USA.gov.
- In Brief: Citizen Participation in the American Federal SystemThis 35 page document was written by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. This commission was created by the U.S. Congress.
eBooks on Participating in your Government
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Books in the Kirkwood Library
Right to Vote by Call Number: Iowa City Library: 324.62 K44rISBN: 046502968XPublication Date: 2000-08-22Most Americans take for granted their right to vote, whether they choose to exercise it or not. But the history of suffrage in the U.S. is, in fact,the story of a struggle to achieve this right by our society's marginalized groups. In The Right to Vote, Duke historian Alexander Keyssar explores the evolution of suffrage over the course of the nation's history.
The Right to Vote by Call Number: Iowa City Library: 342.73 S836rISBN: 1851096485Publication Date: 2004-10-20From its roots in early English rules to its practice today, this work covers the evolution, expansion, and ongoing debates regarding "the first liberty" in America.
Voting Rights by Call Number: e-Book OR Main Library: Debate Books 324.62 V971s 2015ISBN: 9780737773002Publication Date: 2015-02-06Editor Noah Berlatsky helps readers delve into the issues surrounding voting rights such as whether or not voting rights protections are still necessary, if states are restricting voting rights, if voting rights apply to particular groups, and if changing voting procedures can promote equality.
Voting in America by Call Number: e-Book OR Main Library: 324.609 D554vISBN: 1576079317Publication Date: 2004-05-25A thorough examination of the people, forces, and events that have shaped the right, opportunity, and value of the vote in America from 1715 to the present.
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