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HARTINGTON — Cedar County voters have been busy researching candidates and filling out ballots for next week’s primary election.
Registered voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday May 12 to turn their ballots into the Cedar County clerk’s office.
As of Monday afternoon, 1,326 ballots have already been returned to the county clerk’s office.
That is equivalent to 47 percent of the votes cast in the 2022 primary election — the last non-presidential primary.
Cedar County Clerk Jessica Schmit reminds voters they need to fill out the back of their envelope completely, including residential address and driver’s license number.
“If these haven’t been completed correctly, our office will be making several efforts to contact the voter to “cure” their ballot envelope,” she said.
The only contested local election in the primary is the election for the District III Cedar County Commission seat currently held by Dave McGregor. McGregor is not seeking re-election.
Kelly Hammer, Justin Heikes and Tim Burbach are all vying for that seat on the GOP ticket. No Democrats filed for the seat, so unless someone files as a write-in candidate, the winner of next week's election will be sworn into office in January.
Results from Tuesday's election will come in after the Cedar County News print deadline, so they will be published Tuesday evening on the Cedar County News website and Facebook page. A special E Edition will also be released with updated election results.
