Lee County Auditor

Employer / Organization

Lee County

Next Election

Nov 03, 2020

Filing Window

Aug 03, 2020 - Aug 26, 2020

Description

The Lee County Auditor has several duties, including: For the Board of Supervisors The Lee County Auditor prepares meeting agendas and notifies the media, maintains all official records of meeting minutes, Board voting records, resolutions, contracts, and correspondence. The Lee County Auditor's office publishes the proceedings and other legal notices. The Lee County Auditor administers all federal, state, and local elections that take place in the county. Responsibilities include voter registrations, absentee voting, recruitment and training of precinct election officials, printing and counting ballots, receiving nomination papers and notifying voters of elections, certifying results to the state or political subdivision involved and issues certificates of election to the proper person.The Lee County Auditor receives and compiles budget information from the various county departments and presents it to the Board of Supervisors and monitors the budget throughout the fiscal year. Budgets of other governmental entities are filed with The Lee County Auditor such as: Schools, Cities, Townships, Agricultural Extension, Emergency Management, County Assessor, E911 Service Board, etc. The Lee County Auditor completes an annual financial report at the end of each fiscal year. Payroll is processed by this office. Claims for all services and materials rendered and charged to the various county departments are submitted to this office for payment. The Lee County Auditor enters and maintains records of all real estate transfers in the county. The Lee County Auditor keeps the plat maps and transfer books current so the public can examine them and determine property ownership. The Lee County Auditor receives the assessed valuations from the county assessor and applies the biannual equalization and annual rollback to produce the taxable valuation for each property in the county. The Lee County Auditor processes taxes and produces a tax book for the county treasurer. The Lee County Auditor processes cigarette licenses, beer & liquor permits for businesses in unincorporated areas.

Application Guidelines
1) Contact the Lee County Auditor's office to confirm that your address is eligible to run for the seat you are considering, and ask them when and where you can pick up the filing papers. Ask the Lee County Auditor's office about the filing window regarding the office you are interested in, and see this link from the Iowa Secretary of State elections office regarding the election calendar for years 2015, 2016, and 2017. http://www.leecounty.org/election_docs/Three%20year%20election%20calendar.pdf 2) Obtain the filing paperwork from the place directed to by the Lee County Auditor's office. Very often the paperwork is picked up from the Lee County Auditor's office and this is a good time to ask any further questions with them. 3) Obtain the necessary signatures to appear on the ballot, and make sure that you file within the appropriate filing window! Iowa is one of the few states which does not incur filing fees for offices, so your only duty is to collect signatures for your candidacy. Candidates should not wait until the last minute to gather signatures and should always collect more than the minimum amount of required signatures (in case there is an issue with some of the petition signers). Election filing window deadlines are unforgiving and if a candidate does not file within the prescribed window, they will not be able to appear on the ballot. For further information regarding elections you can contact the Lee County Auditor at (319) 372-3705 or the Iowa Secretary of State elections office at (515) 281-5204.

Submit application to:
Lee County Auditor-Elections Dept, 933 Ave H, Fort Madison, IA, 52627-0190, US