Release date:    August 24, 2015
Contact: Roxanna Moritz, Scott County Auditor & Commissioner of Elections
563-326-8631  office
563-370-3915  mobile

Voter registration Deadlines for School Elections is Friday, August 28th.

DAVENPORT – Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz is reminding those interested in voting in the upcoming school elections that the deadline to pre-register to vote is Friday, August 28, 2015.  Those interested can register at the Scott County Auditor’s Office or at a driver’s license station.  The Auditor's Office will be open until 5:00 p.m. on August 28th to accommodate voter registration.  Mail-in registrations post marked on or before August 26th, but received after August 28th, will also be accepted for pre-registration.  The school election will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. 

After Friday, those interested in voting, but who are not pre-registered, may register to vote at the polls on Election Day or at the Auditor’s Office and vote an absentee ballot prior to Election Day.  Those registering in this manner are required to provide proof of their identity through a photo identity card, such as a valid driver’s license, and proof of their residency if the identity card does not list a current address.  Details for Election Day registration are available on the Auditor’s webpage, http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/auditor/. 

Polling hours will vary by school districts.  For the Davenport and North Scott School Districts polls will be open from12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.  Because there are no contested races or ballot measures voting hours were shortened in these two districts to reduce election costs. 

For the Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley School Districts polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Voting will be at vote centers instead of at precinct voting locations.  Bettendorf School District voters may cast ballots at either St. John Vianney Church, 4097 18th Street, Bettendorf or Waterfront Convention Center, 2021 State Street, Bettendorf. 

Pleasant Valley School District voters who reside in director districts three, four, five and six may cast ballots at the Pleasant Valley Schools Administration Building, 525 Belmont Road, Bettendorf.  Because there are contested races vote centers are used in this election to reduce election costs.

The Eastern Iowa Community College District (EICC) will have positions for director districts III, IV and V on the ballots in Scott County.  Voters who reside in the portions of the Pleasant Valley School Board Director Districts one and two which also fall within EICC District IV will vote at LeClaire Fire Station, 201 N 15th Street, LeClaire.  Voters who reside in the portion of the Pleasant Valley School Board Director District seven which also falls within EICC District IV will vote at Surrey Heights Fire Station, 5002 Crow Creek Road, Bettendorf.

There will be four positions up for election for the Bettendorf School Board, the Davenport School Board and the North Scott School Board.  The Pleasant Valley School Board will have positions for director districts three, four, five and six on the ballot. 

For more information contact the Scott County Auditor’s Office at 563-326-8631.