Office of the Pennington County Auditor
       					 


www.votepennco.com 

News Release
For Immediate Release
October 1, 2008

Voter registration for the General Election and the Rapid City Ward 5 Special Election to be held 
on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, will close on Monday, October 20, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.  Failure 
to register by this date will cause forfeiture of voting rights for this election.  If you are in doubt 
about whether you are registered, call the Pennington County Auditor at 605-394-2153.

Registration may be completed during regular business hours at the Pennington County Auditor’s 
Office, municipal finance offices, secretary of state’s office and those locations which provide 
driver’s licenses, food stamps, TANF, WIC, military recruitment, and assistance to the disabled 
as provided by the Department of Human Services.  You may contact our office to request a 
mail-in registration form or access a mail-in form at www.votepennco.com.

Voters with disabilities may contact the Pennington County Auditor for information and special 
assistance in voter registration, absentee voting, or polling place accessibility.

For further information on how to register to vote, call the Auditor’s Office at (605) 394-2153.  
Forms are available on our web site www.votepennco.com.

2008 Ballot Question Pamphlets are available at the Secretary of State’s website at 
www.sdsos.gov or the Auditor’s Office.  

Sample Ballots and voter registration confirmation can be found on the new Voter Information 
Portal.  Log on to www.sdsos.gov for the link to the Voter Information Portal.


Julie A. Pearson
Pennington County Auditor



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