Next Tuesday, June 2 is the primary election throughout the state of Iowa. Early voting began on May 15 at the Hamilton County Courthouse, with voters able to vote by mail or at the courthouse.

“278 ballots have already been either mailed in or cast their votes at the courthouse,” said County Auditor, Kim Schaa said. “Anyone can vote at the courthouse until 4:30 p.m. on June 1.”

The deadline for mailing out ballots has passed, so early voting must be done at the courthouse.

The primary election is different from the general election that is held in the fall, she explained.

“Its actually the parties nominating for the general election,” she said, “So voters have to declare or change their parties at the poll to get whichever ballot they prefer, (Democratic or Republican), they can’t have both.”

The polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. on June 2. All voters must vote in their precinct of residence. The auditors office can be contacted if unsure of your voting location at 515-832-9510 or email to kschaa@hamiltoncounty.org.

All voters are required to provide identification at the polling place before receiving and casting a ballot. A drivers license is the simplest form of identification.

“The drivers license must be valid and have the correct name and address,” said Schaa, “If anything has changed, they can bring in a utility bill, a government check, a lease, with name and address on it.”

If that is not possible, they can bring someone from their voting precinct who is already a registered voter to attest their information.

If all else fails, a provisional ballot can be cast, and provide proof of identity and residence at the county auditors office by noon on Monday June 8.

Election day registrant attesters must provide an approved form of identification. For additional information about proof of identity, a call to the auditors office at 515-832-9510 or go to the Secretary of State website and search for voter id information.

The precincts and polling places are as follows:

WEBSTER CITY 1 & WC 1/Cass: Ed Prince Building, 1200 Bluff St., Webster City

WEBSTER CITY 2 & WC 2/Freedom: Ed Prince Building, 1200 Bluff St., Webster City

WEBSTER CITY 3: Ed Prince Building, 1200 Bluff St., Webster City

PRECINCT 4 Northwest: City of Kamrar, and Townships of Cass, Freedom, Fremont, Independence: St Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1005 Beach St.,Webster City

PRECINCT 5 Northeast: Cities of Blairsburg & Williams, and Townships of Blairsburg, Liberty, Rose Grove, Williams: Missionary Alliance Church, 501 3rd St., Blairsburg

PRECINCT 6 Southwest:Cities of Stanhope and Stratford, and Townships of Clear Lake, Hamilton, Marion, Webster: Stanhope Community Center, 600 Main St., Stanhope

PRECINCT 7 Southeast-Cities of Ellsworth, Jewell, Randall, and Townships of Ellsworth, Lincoln, Lyon and Scott: Bethesda Lutheran Church, 439 Main St., Jewell.

The contested races are as follows:

United States Senator: Josh Turek and Zach Wahls will be vying to be the Democratic candidate in the general election; Jim Carlin and Ashley Hinson are competing for the Republican position.

United States House, District 4: Dave Dawson, Stephanie Steiner and Ashley WolfTornabane are on the Democratic ballot, Chris McGowan is not contested for the Republican position.

Governor: Rob Sand is the only candidate for the Democratic position. The Republican candidates are Eddie Andrews, Randy Feenstra, Zach Lahn, Brad Sherman and Adam Steen.

Auditor of State: Taylor Wettach is unopposed on the Democratic ballot, while Chris Cournoyer and Abigail Maas are on the Republican ballot.

State Representative District 55: Cynthia Passchen is unopposed on the Democratic ballot, while Kurtis Bower and Beau Klaver are competing for the Republican position.

These races are uncontested in the primary election.

Secretary of State: Ryan Peterman is unopposed on the Democratic ballot, as is Paul D. Pate for the Republican ballot.

Treasure of State: Neither candidate is opposed in this race. John Norwood is running as a Democrat, while Roby Smith is running as a Republican.

Secretary of Agriculture: Chris Jones is unopposed on the Democratic ballot, while Mike Naig is also running unopposed on the Republican ballot.

Attorney General: Nate Willems is uncontested on the Democratic ballot as is Brenna Bird on the Republican ballot.

The following jobs in the county do not have candidates in both parties. Those are as follows: County Treasurer: Matt Matteson is on the Republican ballot.

County Recorder: Kim Anderson is on the Republican ballot

County Attorney: Bridget A. Chambers is on the Democratic ballot

Board of Supervisors-District 3: Rick Young is on the Republican ballot and is only on the ballots for Precinct 6 Southwest and Precinct 7 Southeast.

Outside the board of supervisors position, all the races are countywide.

All the sample ballots are available online. They are available at https://www.hamiltoncounty.iowa.gov/residents/emergency_resources/index.php