Special elections for the city of Waukee and the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District will be held Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Pre-registered voters are required to provide an approved form of identification at the polling place before receiving and casting a regular ballot. Voters who are not pre-registered — such as voters registering to vote on election day — and voters changing precincts must also provide proof of residence.
Voters who are unable to provide an approved form of identification (or prove residence if required) may:
- have their identity/residence attested by another registered voter in the precinct, or
- prove identity/residence using election day registrant documents or
- cast a provisional ballot and provide proof of identity/residence at the county auditor’s office by noon March 10.
Election day registration attesters must provide an approved form of identification. For additional information about providing proof of identity and/or residence, visit the Iowa Secretary of State’s website or phone 515-993-6914.
Any voter who is physically unable to enter a polling place has the right to vote in the voter’s vehicle. For further information, please contact the Dallas County Auditor’s office at the telephone or TTY number or email address: Telephone: 515-993-6914, TTY: 711+515-993-6914, email address: dcauditor@dallascountyiowa.gov
For the city of Waukee election to be held on March 4, 2025, voting centers will be available. Any registered voter of the City of Waukee may vote at any of the following places in this election:
- Waukee Lutheran Church of Hope – 305 NE Dartmoor Dr, Waukee
- Westview Church – 1155 SE Boone Dr, Waukee
- Waukee United Methodist Church – 2075 SE La Grant Pkwy, Waukee
What voters will see on the ballot:
PUBLIC MEASURE FS
Shall the City Council of the City of Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa be authorized to discontinue and dispose of the municipally-owned gas utility, known as Waukee Municipal Gas Utility, by sale?
Any eligible elector of Dallas County in the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District may vote at:
- Dallas Center First Presbyterian Church – 1204 13th St, Dallas Center
What voters will see on the ballot:
PUBLIC MEASURE DR
Summary: To adopt a Revenue Purpose Statement specifying the use of revenues the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund.
In the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District, the following Revenue Purpose Statement, which specifies the use of revenues the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund shall be adopted.
To provide funds to acquire or install information technology infrastructure (including improving buildings or sites for the purpose of accessing broadband digital telecommunications) and school safety and security infrastructure.
To provide funds to build and furnish a new school building or buildings; to build and furnish addition(s) to school buildings in the District; to remodel, reconstruct, repair, expand, and improve the school buildings in the District; to purchase and improve grounds; for demolition work; to furnish and equip district facilities.
To provide funds for the purchase, lease or lease-purchase of buildings, equipment (including transportation and recreation equipment), or technology and to repair transportation equipment for transporting students as authorized by law, to implement energy conservation measures, sharing or rental of facilities including a joint infrastructure project for the purposes of offering classes under district-to-community college programs as authorized in Iowa Code Section 423F.3(3)(c), procuring or acquisition of libraries, or opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings.
To provide funds to purchase land as part of start-up costs for new student construction program or if the sale of the previous student construction was insufficient to purchase land, and to purchase construction materials and supplies for a student-constructed building or shed intended to be retained by and used by the District.
To provide funds to make payments to a municipality or other entity as required under Iowa Code Section 403.19(2).
To provide funds for demolition, cleanup, and other costs if such costs are necessitated by, and incurred within two years of, a disaster.
To provide funds for radon testing and mitigation.
To provide funds to establish and maintain public recreation places and playgrounds; provide for supervision and instruction for recreational activities; or for community education purposes.
To provide funds for the payment of principal and interest or retirement of general obligation bonds issued for school infrastructure purposes, energy improvement loans, loan agreements authorized by Iowa Code Section 297.36, sales, service and use tax revenue bonds issued under Iowa Code Section 423E.5 or Iowa Code Section 423F.4.
To provide funds for property tax relief; and
To provide funds for other authorized expenditures and purposes as now or hereafter permitted by law and designated by the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District.
It being understood that if this public measure should fail to be approved by the voters, such failure shall not be construed to terminate or restrict authority previously granted by the voters to expend receipts from the Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund.
If approved, this Revenue Purpose Statement shall remain in effect until replaced or amended by the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District.
PUBLIC MEASURE DG
Shall the Board of Directors of the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District, in the Counties of Polk and Dallas, State of Iowa, for the purpose of purchasing and improving grounds; constructing schoolhouses or buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; purchasing of buildings; purchase, lease or lease-purchase of technology and equipment; paying debts contracted for the erection or construction of schoolhouses or buildings, not including interest on bonds; procuring or acquisition of libraries; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding the schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; expenditures for energy conservation; renting facilities under Iowa Code Chapter 28E; purchasing transportation equipment for transporting students; lease purchase option agreements for school buildings or equipment; purchasing equipment authorized by law; or for any purpose or purposes now or hereafter authorized by law, be authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy annually, a voter-approved physical plant and equipment property tax not to exceed One Dollar Thirty-Four Cents ($1.34) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district commencing with the levy for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, or each year thereafter?
Public testing of the voting equipment will begin on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. This test will be conducted at the Dallas County Auditor’s office located at 210 N. 10th St., in Adel, Iowa. Testing will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until completed. This notice is given by order of the Dallas County Commissioner of Elections pursuant to Chapters 49 and 52 of the Code of Iowa this 13th day of February 2025. If you have any questions about this election, please call the Dallas County Auditor’s Office at 515-993-6914.
Todd Halbur,
Dallas County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections
