Election Day | Where To Vote In West Des Moines

WEST DES MOINES, IA — Today is election day and candidates in West Des Moines' City Council races are making their final push to secure votes. Two of the four races in West Des Moines are uncontested this year, with Mayor Steven Gaer and Ward 1 Councilman Kevin Trevillyan seeking reelection without opposition.

For one of two at-large seats on the council, current city council member Rick Messerschmidt is being challenged by Renee Hardman. And in Ward 3, incumbent Russ Trimble faces a challenge from Nadir Mehta.

Polls are open until 8 p.m. You can find your polling place here.

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In the Dallas County portion of West Des Moines, voters also will be deciding whether to implement a one-cent sales tax beginning in July 2018. The measure is on the ballot countywide and voters in contiguous communities — West Des Moines, Waukee, Urbandale and Clive — must approve the tax as a bloc for it to take effect in those communities.

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Based on 2016 data from the Iowa Department of Revenue, 1,277 of Iowa's 1,373 communities already have passed a local-option sales tax. Dallas and Polk counties are the largest counties without the majority of cities collecting a local-option sales tax. Only five of Dallas County's 20 cities (Adel, Bouton, Dawson, Perry and Redfield) currently have the additional one-cent tax.