Voters wanting to cast an absentee ballot in the April 5th election only have a few days left to do so.

Buchanan County Clerk, Mary Baack-Garvey said the last chance for voters to cast their ballot absentee is by 5 p.m. Monday.  She said the courthouse will be open Saturday, April 2nd from 8 a.m. to noon for absentee voting.

Then on Tuesday for Election Day voters can head to the polls when they open at 6 a.m., polls close at 7 p.m.

The only issue for St. Joseph residents to vote on is who will fill the two open spots on the St. Joseph School District Board of Education.

Those candidates as they appear on the ballot include:

John Paul Leo Stehr

Eric Bruder

Maggie Elder

Art VanMeter

Sarah Hochschwender

Kathy Northup

Bryan Green

Teresa Simmons

Tami Pasley

Michael Dulcan

Baack-Garvey said past turmoil in the St. Joseph School District makes it difficult to predict voter turn-out.

“I would hope the turnout would be quite higher than the average April General Municipal, which is right around 18.25% over the last 5 years,” Baack-Garvey said. “So I would predict we would roughly hit about the 25%.”

She adds that she hopes her estimate is way too low.

For sample ballots by polling place for the April 5, 2016 General Municipal Election CLICK HERE.