2024 General Election Information – Humboldt County

By: Matt Scher, [email protected]

Dakota City, IA – Time is winding down until Tuesday’s General Election.

Monday is the final day for absentee early voting at the Humboldt County Auditor’s Office. The 2024 General Election is Tuesday, with voting taking place at your designated precinct location.

To find you precinct location you may visit the Iowa Secretary of State website at: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/pollingplace/search.aspx and enter your address for your voting precinct, or contact the Humboldt County Auditor’s Office at 515 332-1571.

Precinct locations

Humboldt 1
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
1212 Sumner Ave.
Humboldt, IA

Precinct includes Humboldt Ward 1, and townships of West Corinth and South Weaver.

Humboldt 2
Humboldt Community Center
607 1st Ave. South
Humboldt, IA

Precinct includes Humboldt Ward 2, and townships of South Beaver and East Corinth.

Humboldt 3
Humboldt County Fairgrounds
311 6th Ave. North
Humboldt, IA

Precinct includes Humboldt Ward 3, Rutland, and South Rutland Township.

Precinct 4
Faith United Methodist Church
111 SE 2nd St.
Gilmore City, IA

Precinct includes Gilmore City, Ottosen, and townships of Avery, Wacousta, and North Weaver.

Precinct 5
Immanuel Lutheran Church
304 4th Ave.
Livermore, IA

Precinct includes Bode, Livermore, LuVerne, and townships of Delana, North Rutland, and North Vernon.

Precinct 6
VFW Dakota City
412 Main St.
Dakota City, IA

Precinct includes Dakota City, Hardy, Renwick, Thor, and townships of North Beaver, Grove, Lake, Norway, and Southeast Vernon.

Polling locations will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

 

THE BALLOT

FEDERAL OFFICES

President and Vice President (Vote for One)

Donald J. Trump / JD Vance…Republican

Kamala D. Harris / Tim Walz…Democratic

Chase Oliver / Mike ter Maat…Libertarian

Claudia De la Cruz / Karina Garcia…Party for Socialism and Liberation

William P. Stodden / Stephanie H. Cholensky…Socialist Party USA

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. / Nicole Shanahan…We the People

Shiva Ayyadurai / Crystal Ellis

Write-in

United States Representative District 4 (Vote for One)

Randy Feenstra…Republican

Ryan Melton…Democratic

No Candidate…Libertarian

Write-in

STATE OFFICES

State Senator District 28 (Vote for One)

Dennis Guth…Republican

Cynthia Oppedal Paschen…Democratic

No Candidate…Libertarian

Write-in

State Representative District 56 (Vote for One)

Mark I. Thompson…Republican

Kyle Kruse…Democratic

No Candidate…Libertarian

Write-in

COUNTY OFFICES

County Board of Supervisors District 4 (Vote for One)

Mike Carpenter…Republican

Write-in

County Board of Supervisors District 5 (Vote for One)

Bob Rasmussen…Republican

Write-in

County Auditor (Vote for One)

Trish Erickson…Republican

Write-in

County Sheriff (Vote for One)

Dean Kruger…Republican

Write-in

NON-PARTISAN OFFICES

Avery Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Paul D. Nielsen

Write-in

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Beaver Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Richard Lynn Pederson

Dave Torkelson

Write-in

Write-in

Corinth Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Douglas Bacon

Write-in

Write-in

Delana Township Trustee (Vote for One)

Write-in

Delana Township Trustee – To Fill a Vacancy (Vote for Two)

Write-in

Write-in

Grove Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Jon Girres

Robert Hughes

Write-in

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Humboldt Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Nick Collins

Tyler McCullough

Write-in

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Lake Township Trustee (Vote for One)

Richard W. Nervig

Write-in

Lake Township Trustee – To Fill a Vacancy (Vote for One)

Dennis R. Rasmussen

Write-in

Norway Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Clayton Hansen

Mark W. Holtan

Write-in

Write-in

Rutland Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Mike Ludwig

Write-in

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Vernon Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

William Nielsen

Write-in

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Wacousta Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Jess Welter

Write-in

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Weaver Township Trustee (Vote for Two)

Randy Davis

Write-in

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County Hospital Trustee (Vote for Three)

Pam Ray

Molly Varangkounh

Natalie Wergeland

Write-in

Write-in

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Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner (Vote for Two)

Pat Hill

T.C. Loving

Write-in

Write-in

Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner – To Fill a Vacancy (Vote for One)

Reed Burres

Write-in

Agricultural Extension Council (Vote for Four)

Jenna C. Bormann

Jeffery Goodell

Jennifer Lash

Jill Soenen

Write-in

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Agricultural Extension Council – To Fill a Vacancy Council (Vote for One)

Matt Dornbier

Write-in

JUDICIAL

Shall the Following Judges be retained in Office?

Supreme Court Justice

David May…Yes or No

Court of Appeals Judge

Mary Elizabeth Chicchelly…Yes or No

Mary Ellen Tabor…Yes or No

Tyler J. Buller…Yes or No

Samuel Langholz…Yes or No

District 2B Judge

Derek Johnson…Yes or No

Adria Kester…Yes or No

Kurt John Stoebe…Yes or No

District 2B Associate Judge

Kathryn E. Austin…Yes or No

Hans Becker…Yes or No

Ashley Beisch…Yes or No

Paul G. Crawford…Yes or No

Joseph B. McCarville…Yes or No

Hunter Thorpe…Yes or No

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

 Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?

  1. Summary:  Provides for only U.S. citizens aged 18 or older and meeting state and county residency requirements to vote in all elections.  Further provides that 17-year-olds who will be 18 years old by the General Election are eligible to vote in the primary election, subject to the same citizenship and residency requirements.

Full Text: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed:

Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by the amendment of 1970, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:

Section 1. Electors.  Only a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years, who shall have been a resident of this state for such period of time as shall be provided by law and of the county in which the citizen claims the citizen’s vote for such period of time as shall be provided by law, shall be entitled to vote at all elections which are authorized by law. However, for purposes of a primary election, a United States citizen must be at least eighteen years of age as of the next general election following the primary election. The required periods of residence shall not exceed six months in this state and sixty days in the county.

Yes or No

 

Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?

        1. 2.

      Summary:

         Provides that the lieutenant governor will act as the governor if there is a temporary disability of the governor. Further provides that the lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect will be the governor or governor-elect in the case of the resignation, death, or permanent disability of the governor or governor-elect thus creating a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect, as appropriate.

Full Text: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed:

Section 17 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is repealed, and the following adopted in lieu thereof:

Sec. 17.  Lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect to become or act as governor or governor-elect. If there is a temporary disability of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall act as governor until the disability is removed, or the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office. In case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor for the remainder of the term, which shall create a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor. This section shall also apply, as appropriate, to the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect.

Yes or No