2010 Election Information

congratulation to the 2010 election winners

Thanks to all the candidates for running and demonstrating your commitment to serve. Click on any of the office titles to find a description of the position responsibilities. Unless already serving as an incumbent, all those elected will take office January 1, 2011 unless indicated otherwise. 

* DENOTES INCUMBENT 

Chamber Forums

The Ames Chamber of Commerce and 1430 KASI co-hosted four candidate forums this election season to help our members get more informed about the candidates and their views on the future of Iowa. To download podcasts of the recordings of the Governor Branstad forum or the Governor Culver forum, please visit 1430kasi.com HERE.

Voter Registration                                                                

To register to vote in Iowa, you must be qualified.Qualified registrants in Iowa are:

• Citizens of the United States

• Residents of Iowa

• At least 17 ½ years old (must be 18 years old by Election Day to vote. This includes the Primary Election.)

Voters may download a voter registration HERE or register in person at the following locations: Iowa Secretary of State's Office, County auditors' offices, Driver's license stations, and public assistance agencies and State offices serving people with disabilities

Absentee Voting

If you are unavailable to make it to the voting booth on Election Day or just want to get it out of the way earlier, you can vote by absentee ballott. To download an "Absentee Ballot Request Form," click HERE.

Completed absentee ballot requests forms should be returned to the county auditor in the county where the voter is registered.

Absentee ballots may be sent to voters through the U.S. Postal Service. Voters may also vote by absentee ballot in person at the county auditor's office or at satellite absentee voting locations. Request forms for absentee ballots may be obtained online or mailed upon request from the Secretary of State's office.Completed requests for mailed ballots should be returned to the county auditor in the county where the voter is registered by 5 p.m. on the Friday before the election (October 29, 2010). Voters may vote by absentee ballot in person beginning 40 days before Primary and General elections.

Find Your Polling Location

To find your polling location, visit: apps.storycounty.com/vis2/vis.aspx 

Sample Ballot

If you would like to see what the November 2 ballot will look like for Story County voters, click HERE.

Candidates

All the candidates for Governor and to represente Story County in the Iowa House and Senate were posed questions by the Ames Chamber of Commerce about important issues facing our business community. Those who responded to the questions have their responses linked below:

• Governor Chet Culver (D) (candidate chose not to respond)
• Governor Terry Branstad (R)
• Senator Herman Quirmbach (D), District 23
• Tim Gartin (R), candidate for Senate District 23
• Senator Rich Olive (D), District 5 (candidate chose not to respond)
• Rob Bacon (R), candidate for Senate District 5 (candidate chose not to respond)
• Representative Dave Deyoe (R), District 10 (candidate chose not to respond)
• Selden Spencer (D), candidate for House District 10 (candidate chose not to respond)
• Representative Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D), District 45
• Karin Sevde (R), candidate for House District 45
• Representative Lisa Heddens  (D), District 46
• Chad Steenhoek (R), candidate for House District 46 (candidate chose not to respond)
• Tyler Pauly (L), candidate for House District 46 (candidate chose not to respond)