The Fremont County Clerk's Office is calling voters' attention to an error that is tied to an important requirement when returning mail ballots. Fremont County mail ballots began arriving in mail boxes this week. Instructions with the ballot point out that voters must sign and date the ballot for their votes to count.
County Clerk Norma Hatfield said the county's vendor that prints and distributes the ballots mailed them to voters from Denver without removing the signature and date examples of "George Washington" and "July 4th, 1776". The Clerk's office says that voters should use the ballot they received in the mail and simply write in their own signature above Washington's name, and write the current date next to 1776. An example of where to sign your ballot is posted on the Clerk's web page at www.fremontco.com. Then click on the 'Election Department' link under the Clerk and Recorder's link.
Mrs. Hatfield says she regrets the printing error but urges voters to make sure they still write in their own name and date on the ballot affidavit. As was the case with past mail ballots, unless the ballots are signed and dated by the voter, they cannot be accepted.
County Clerk Norma Hatfield said the county's vendor that prints and distributes the ballots mailed them to voters from Denver without removing the signature and date examples of "George Washington" and "July 4th, 1776". The Clerk's office says that voters should use the ballot they received in the mail and simply write in their own signature above Washington's name, and write the current date next to 1776. An example of where to sign your ballot is posted on the Clerk's web page at www.fremontco.com. Then click on the 'Election Department' link under the Clerk and Recorder's link.
Mrs. Hatfield says she regrets the printing error but urges voters to make sure they still write in their own name and date on the ballot affidavit. As was the case with past mail ballots, unless the ballots are signed and dated by the voter, they cannot be accepted.