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Local elections may fly under the radar, but the outcome will shape every neighborhood. The people voted in will decide school funding, city budgets, road repairs, and public safety. Early voting is already open for the 2025 city council and school board elections. Voters in Polk County can head to the new election office on Euclid Avenue in Des Moines. In Dallas County, the auditor's office in Dell serves as the early voting location. Both are open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Now, if you'd rather vote from home, you can still request an absentee ballot, but time is running out. The deadline to request one is Monday, October 20th at 5 p.m. You can print *** request form from the Iowa Secretary of State's website and return it to your county auditor. When you fill it out, you'll need your Iowa residential address and voter ID number, that's your driver's license or non-operator ID number or the voter pin on your voter ID card. Once your ballot arrives, you can return it by mail, deliver it to your county auditor's office, or drop it off in an official ballot dropbox, but the county auditor has to have it by 8 p.m. on election night for your ballot to be counted. If you still have your absentee ballot on election day, you can take it to your county auditor before the polls close, or you can surrender it at your polling place and vote normally. Ballots can't be dropped off at polling places. If you're planning to vote in person, Election day is Tuesday, November 4th. Polls will be. From 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and you can find your polling location by entering your address on the Secretary of State's website. That's SOS. Iowa.gov. If you need to register to vote, there's still time. Pre-registration ends Monday, but Iowa law does allow same-day registration on election day. That means when you go to vote, you'll need to bring proof of identity and residency, like *** paycheck, lease, or utility bill to register, you must be *** US citizen, an Iowa resident, and at least 18 years old on or before election day. You also can't be judged mentally incompetent to vote by *** court or claim the right to vote anywhere else. You can double check your registration or track your absentee ballot anytime on the Secretary of State's website. If you want to know who's running and what measures you'll be voting on before you head to the polls, there are sample ballots and *** full list of candidates posted on your county auditor's website. Whether you vote early, absentee, or in person on November 4th, election officials say the most important step is to make *** plan to make sure your voice is heard.