Government : Election Day! Polling place times, candidates listed

Polling places open at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Vinton and a few other cities within Benton County, and at noon in other small towns, as voters throughout Iowa will chose who will lead their cities for the next two to four years. Regular City Elections will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. City Council members and Mayors are elected by city voters The polls will be open from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the following cities: Belle Plaine, Blairstown, Garrison, Keystone, Luzerne, Mt Auburn, Norway, Urbana, and Van Horne. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the following cities: Atkins, Newhall, Shellsburg, Vinton and Walford. Vinton residents will all vote at the Skate Center. See a complete list of other polling places HERE. See the complete list of city candidates within Benton County, from the Benton County Auditor's Office, below: Atkins: Vote for 1 Mayor- Bruce E. Visser Vote for 3 Council- *Diane M. Herman, Richard Lange, Kim Carbaugh McElree, Heather Rinderknecht, Robert Spading, Joey Svejda Belle Plaine: Vote for 1 At Large- Richard Daily, Mitch Malcolm Vote for 1 District 1- *Mark D. Tegeler Vote for 1 District 3- Adam Papesh, *Judy Schlesselman Vote for 1 Park Board- Lena White Vote for 1 Park Board-Vacancy- Shawn Welsh Blairstown: Vote for 1 Mayor- *Rodney C. Kubichek Vote for 3 Council- *Bo Benesh, *Brad Davidson Garrison: Vote for 1 Mayor- *Allan R. Lindsey Vote for 3 Council- Danielle Auen, *Jeff Bahr, Nick Decker, Tammy L. Schroeder, Lindsay Shaver Keystone: Vote for 1 Mayor-*Michael Seeck Vote for 3 Council- *Mark W. Andresen, Cindy Behrens, *Kathy Janss, *Tim Kruse Luzerne: Vote for 1 Mayor- *John W. Brandt Vote for 5 Council- *Dwight Glinsmann, *Kelly W. Kendall, *Lorin Potter Mt Auburn: Vote for 1 Mayor- *Jeff Whitson Vote for 5 Council- *Michelle Docherty, Jessica Helms, *Michelle Oldfather, *Dean Vrba Newhall: Vote for 1 Mayor- *Jan Mattson Vote for 5 Council- *Doug Boddicker, *Ruby Carolan, Michael Gardemann, *Bill Much, *Gerald Gessner, *Douglas Rinderknecht Norway: Vote for 1 Mayor- Darrell Miller, *Martin Schulte Vote for 3 Council- Curtis L. Mell, *Bruce E. Volz Shellsburg: Vote for 1 Mayor- David Galli, Lonnie M. Speckner Vote for 3 Council- Lindsey Chapman, *Sharon Harvey, Alisha Knight, Edward Shaeffer, Laverne D. Travis, Shadoe Vogt Urbana: Vote for 1 Mayor- *E. Duane Eldred, Mitch McDonough Vote for 2 Council- Joshua E. Holthaus, Jeffrey D. Kopecky, *Michael Kramer, *Jacqueline Michael Van Horne: Vote for 1 Mayor- *Martin J. Junge Vote for 3 Council- Amy L. Knaack, Marlyn Lyons, *Rebecca Norton, *Jim Parmenter Vote for 1 Council-Vacancy- *Craig C. Ivester Vinton: Vote for 1 Mayor - Dean Lyle Haack, Rich Hainstock, Bud Maynard Vote for 1 Council-at large- Gary M Garwood, *Brian Parr Vote for 1 District 1- *Ron Hessenius, Dixie Meyer Vote for 1 District 3- Vacant Public Measure B: Shall the City of Vinton, Iowa impose a hotel/motel tax as provided by Chapter 423A of the Code of Iowa, at the rate of seven percent (7%) effective July 1, 2018, upon the gross receipts from the renting of any and all rooms in any hotel, motel, inn or public lodging house and direct that seventy-five percent (75%) of the revenue from this tax be paid to and administered by the City of Vinton for recreation, convention, cultural, or entertainment facilities in Vinton. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the revenue shall go into the general fund for the City of Vinton. Walford: Vote for 1 Mayor- *Randy D. Bauer, William H. Voss Vote for 2 Council- Stacey Law, John Pegump, *Brian Plogman, John Saikaly, Aaron Voss *=incumbent