If you are planning on voting by mail in the upcoming spring primary, be aware of a recent change to the postage dates of those ballots.

At the Thursday night DeWitt County Board meeting, DeWitt County Clerk Kari Harris informed the public of a change by the Postal Service that is going to impact when postmarks and when those mail-in ballots would be sent to her office.

The Clerk's office is encouraging voters not to wait to get those ballots and get them in the mail about seven days before the election. You can also get a same-day postmark through the Post Office.

February 5 is the first day for mail-in ballots to go out in DeWitt County. You will be seeing notices about this change with the reminder to get those ballots in the mail at least seven days ahead of the election.

Harris also indicates there is an option to just drop ballots off in the Clerk's office ahead of the election.

The primary election is Tuesday, March 17.