{"status":"ok","citation_id":"deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026","kind":"deadline","title":"Iowa last day for the county auditor to receive a request for a mailed absentee ballot for the general election, October 19, 2026","statement":"Iowa last day for the county auditor to receive a request for a mailed absentee ballot for the general election: October 19, 2026. Official source: Delaware County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Delaware County, Iowa. This record covers regular civilian voters using the mail method. Scoped to an ordinary written request for an absentee ballot to be mailed. Iowa Code 53.2 requires receipt by the auditor by 5 p.m. that day; the primary county line does not print the hour, so none is admitted. UOCAVA voters have separate rules.","record_date":"2026-10-19","record_date_label":"Deadline date","official_source":{"label":"Delaware County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Delaware County, Iowa","url":"https://delawarecountyelections.iowa.gov/elections/info/2026_general_election_2026_11_02/"},"last_checked":"2026-09-25","last_checked_basis":"Official source and later court orders last reviewed by VoteFiles","permalink":"https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026","votefiles_url":"https://votefiles.com/midterms.php?state=IA#calendar","publisher":"Vote Files","formats":{"ap":"Vote Files, \"Iowa last day for the county auditor to receive a request for a mailed absentee ballot for the general election, October 19, 2026,\" last checked Sept. 25, 2026, citing Delaware County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Delaware County, Iowa, https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026","apa":"Vote Files. (2026, September 25). Iowa last day for the county auditor to receive a request for a mailed absentee ballot for the general election, October 19, 2026 [Election deadline record]. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026","chicago":"Vote Files. \"Iowa last day for the county auditor to receive a request for a mailed absentee ballot for the general election, October 19, 2026.\" Last modified September 25, 2026. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026.","bibtex":"@misc{votefiles_deadline_ia_mail_request_general_2026,\n  author       = {{Vote Files}},\n  title        = {{Iowa last day for the county auditor to receive a request for a mailed absentee ballot for the general election, October 19, 2026}},\n  year         = {2026},\n  howpublished = {\\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026}},\n  note         = {Citation ID deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026; official source: Delaware County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Delaware County, Iowa, https://delawarecountyelections.iowa.gov/elections/info/2026\\_general\\_election\\_2026\\_11\\_02/; last checked 2026-09-25; accessed 2026-09-26}\n}","link":"https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-ia-mail-request-general-2026"}}