1998 Election Calendar
JANUARY
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New Year's Day - County Holiday. |
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Martin Luther King Day - County Holiday. |
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Campaign Finance |
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Filed or postmarked by this date. (city, school, local ballot issue, |
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Disclosure Filing |
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county) [56.6 (1a)] |
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FEBRUARY
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President's Day - County Holiday. |
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PRIMARY |
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First day for partisan candidates for state and federal offices to
file nomination |
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petitions in the Office of the Secretary of State, 81 - 99 days before
the election. [43.11(2)] [43.20(1a)] [43.20(1c)] |
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STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES OPEN:
(Terms 4 years unless otherwise indicated)
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| United States Senator (6 year term) |
| United States Representative (2 year term) |
| Governor/Lieutenant Governor |
| Secretary of State |
| Attorney General |
| Secretary of Agriculture |
| State Treasurer |
| State Auditor |
| State Senators (Districts 23 and 25) |
| State Representatives (All districts; 2 year terms) |
MARCH
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PRIMARY |
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First day for partisan candidates for county and township offices to
file |
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nomination petitions in the county auditor's office, 69 - 92 days
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election. |
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Nomination papers for County Office require a minimum of 100
signatures for |
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the Republican and Democratic parties and a minimum of 47 signatures
for the |
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Reform party. (2 percent of the votes cast for president or governor
in the last |
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general election or 100 signatures, whichever is less)
[43.11(1)] [43.20(1d)] |
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COUNTY OFFICES OPEN:
(all terms are 4 years)
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| County Attorney |
| County Recorder |
| 2 Supervisor positions |
| County Treasurer |
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PRIMARY |
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Last day for partisan candidates to file nomination petitions in the
Office of |
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the Secretary of State, 81 - 99 days before the election. [43.11(2)] |
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PRIMARY |
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Last day for candidates who file in the Office of the Secretary of
State to |
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withdraw, 76 days before the election. [43.16]
[43.23(1)] |
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PRIMARY |
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First day to request an absentee ballot for the primary election, 70
days |
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before the election. [53.2] |
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PRIMARY |
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Last day for the Secretary of State to certify candidates' names to
the county |
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auditors, 69 days before the election. [43.22] |
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Last day for partisan candidates for county and township offices to
file in the |
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Office of the County Auditor, 69 - 92 days before the election. [43.11(1)] |
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PRIMARY |
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Last day for candidates who have filed nomination petitions with the
county |
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auditor to withdraw, 67 days before the election. [43.16]
[43.23(2)] |
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PRIMARY |
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Last day political parties may designate to the county auditor a
substitute |
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candidate for another who withdrew or died on or before March 27,
1998, |
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63 days before the election. [43.23(2)] |
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APRIL
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PRIMARY |
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First day to vote by absentee ballot in the Office of County Auditor,
40 days |
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before the election. [53.11] |
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Overseas and armed forces absentee ballots must be ready to mail.
[53.39] |
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MAY
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Campaign Finance |
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(School, county, local ballot issues appearing on '98 ballots) [56.6(1a)] |
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Disclosure Filing |
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VOTER |
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County auditor's office must be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. for |
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REGISTRATION |
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registration. [48A.9(1)] [48A.9(2)] |
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DEADLINE |
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Memorial Day - County Holiday. |
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PRIMARY |
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County auditor's office must be open for at least eight hours for
absentee |
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voting and other election business. [47.2(5)] |
JUNE
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PRIMARY |
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Last day to request an absentee ballot. |
2 PRIMARY ELECTION
DAY
Polls open 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. [43.7]
[49.73]
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PRIMARY |
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County Canvass of votes convenes, Monday or Tuesday after the
election. |
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[43.49] |
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SCHOOL |
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First day to apply for absentee ballot, 70 days before the election. [53.2] |
JULY
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Independence Day (Observed) - County Holiday |
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SCHOOL |
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First day for candidates to file, 64 days before the election, File
with school |
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board secretary. |
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Iowa City Schools: Each petition must have at least 1% of
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registered voters or 100 signatures, whichever is less. [277.4] |
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Required number of signatures to be verified by each school district. |
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OPEN IN IOWA CITY SCH. DIST.: 2 Board Director Positions. |
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GENERAL |
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Last day for judges standing for retention to file declaration of
candidacy in the |
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Office of the Secretary of State, 104 days before the election. [46.20] |
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GENERAL |
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First day for nonparty organizations and candidates to file nomination
papers |
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for state and federal offices in the Office of the Secretary of State,
81 - 99 |
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days before the election. [44.4] [45.4] |
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SCHOOL |
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Last day for candidates to file (5:00 p.m.) 40 days before the
election with the |
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school board secretary. [277.4] |
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Last day to receive notification of special election to be held on the
same date |
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as the regular election, 5:00 p.m. [47.6] |
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SCHOOL |
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School board secretary delivers nomination petitions to County
Commissioner, |
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1 day after last filing date, 5:00 p.m. [277.4] |
AUGUST
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GENERAL |
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First day for nonparty organizations and candidates to file nomination
papers for |
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county and township offices with the county auditor's office, 69 - 92
days |
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before the election. [44.4] [45.4] [45.1(5)] |
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Board of Supervisors, County offices: 1% of the registered or 250 |
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signatures, whichever is less. |
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Ag. Ext. Council = 25 signatures [176A.8] |
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Library Trustee = 25 signatures [256.63] |
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Soil & Water Conservation = 25 signatures [161A.5(2)] |
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Township Trustee = 10 signatures [45.1(10)] |
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COUNTY OFFICES OPEN:
(all terms are 4 years)
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| County Attorney |
| County Recorder |
| 2 Supervisor positions |
| County Treasurer |
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SCHOOL |
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Last day to withdraw by filing signed statement 35 days before the
election, |
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5:00 p.m. [277.4] |
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GENERAL |
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Last day for candidates for state and federal offices who were
nominated at |
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the primary election to withdraw in writing to the secretary of state,
89 days |
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before the election. [43.76(1)] |
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GENERAL |
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Last day for nonparty political organizations to file nomination
papers for state |
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and federal offices for the general election in the Office of the
Secretary of |
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State including political parties' nominations to fill ballot
vacancies, 5 p.m., 81 |
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days before the election. [43.78(2)] [44.4] |
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GENERAL |
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Last day for candidates for county office who were nominated in the
primary |
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election to withdraw in writing to the county auditor, 74 days before
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election. [43.76(2)] |
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Last day for nonparty candidates who have filed nomination papers in
the 74 |
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Office of the Secretary of State to withdraw in writing to the
secretary of state, |
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days before the election. [44.9(1)] |
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GENERAL |
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First day to request an absentee ballot for the general election, 70
days before |
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the election. [53.2] |
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GENERAL |
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Last day to file nomination papers for county offices in the Office of
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County Auditor, which includes political parties' nominations to fill
ballot |
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vacancies, 5 p.m., 69 days before the election. [43.78(3)]
[44.4] [45.4] |
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Last day for the Secretary of State to certify candidate names, public |
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measures and constitutional amendments for the general election ballot
to the |
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county auditors, 69 days before the election. [49A.6]
[43.73] [46.21] |
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CITY |
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BOND |
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Last day for notice to be given for a special election which coincides
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ISSUE |
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date of a regularly scheduled election, 5 p.m. [47.6(1)] |
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ELECTION |
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SCHOOL |
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Last day to register to vote 11 days before the
election, 5:00 p.m. [48A.9(1)] |
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GENERAL |
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Last day for nonparty candidates who have filed nomination papers with
the |
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county auditor to withdraw, 64 days before the election. [44.9(2)] |
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SEPTEMBER
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SCHOOL |
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Campaign Finance Disclosure filing date, 5 days before the election |
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(School candidates only) [56.6(1d)] |
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Labor Day - County Holiday |
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8 SCHOOL ELECTION
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Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for Iowa City, Clear Creek,
Solon and Lone Tree.
Held the second Tuesday in September [277.1]
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SCHOOL |
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Canvass of votes, Friday after the regular school election. [277.20] |
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GENERAL |
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First day to vote an absentee ballot in the Office of the County
Auditor, 40 |
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days before the election. [53.11] |
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Absentee ballots must be ready to mail to overseas and military voters
[53.39] |
OCTOBER
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Campaign Finance |
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Disclosure Filing |
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[56.6(1a)] |
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VOTER |
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County auditor's office must be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. for |
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REGISTRATION |
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registration. [48A.9(1)] [48A.9(2)] |
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DEADLINE |
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GENERAL |
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Auditor's office open for at least 8 hours for absentee voting and
other |
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election business. [47.2(5)] |
NOVEMBER
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GENERAL |
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Last day to request absentee ballots. [53.2] |
3 GENERAL ELECTION
DAY
Polls open 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.
[39.1]
[49.73]
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GENERAL |
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County canvass of votes. [50.24] |
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Veteran's Day - County Holiday. |
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Thanksgiving - County Holiday. |
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County Holiday. |
DECEMBER
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County Holiday (tentative, pending designation by Board of
Supervisors) |
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Christmas - County Holiday. |
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