The Fremont County Clerk’s Office is busy preparing for the Coordinated Mail Ballot Election. Although November 1st is Election Day in Colorado, Fremont County Clerk Norma Hatfield notes that there will be no polling places open on Election Day. The only method of voting will be done by the ballots each voter will receive in the mail. Mrs. Hatfield says that state law requires the County Clerk’s Office to put the ballots in the mail between October 7th and the 17th. She says the ballots are being mailed only to active voters.
If you are a registered voter but did not vote in the 2004 general election, then you will not receive a ballot in the mail. Registered voters who do not receive a ballot in the mail will have to appear in person at the Clerk’s Office, Room 102, of the Fremont County Administration Building at 615 Macon Avenue in Canon City. The appearance is required because state law requires voters to show proper identification and sign a signature card. If you are a registered voter and have not received a ballot in the mail by October 24th you should call the County Clerk’s Office at 276-7332 for information on your voting status.
Mrs. Hatfield adds that the Coordinated Mail Ballot election also means there is no need for early voting. Voters can simply return their ballot by mail or drop their ballots into the box at the Clerk’s Office no later than 7:00 p.m. Election Day November 1st. Voters can also drop their ballots in boxes located in the Clerk’s Branch Office at 31 Werner Road in Penrose or the Florence City Hall at 300 West Main in Florence by 4:30 p.m. November 1st.
Ballots returned by mail must be received in the Clerk’s Office by November 1st. Ballots with a November 1st postmark will not be counted if received after Election Day.
If you are a registered voter but did not vote in the 2004 general election, then you will not receive a ballot in the mail. Registered voters who do not receive a ballot in the mail will have to appear in person at the Clerk’s Office, Room 102, of the Fremont County Administration Building at 615 Macon Avenue in Canon City. The appearance is required because state law requires voters to show proper identification and sign a signature card. If you are a registered voter and have not received a ballot in the mail by October 24th you should call the County Clerk’s Office at 276-7332 for information on your voting status.
Mrs. Hatfield adds that the Coordinated Mail Ballot election also means there is no need for early voting. Voters can simply return their ballot by mail or drop their ballots into the box at the Clerk’s Office no later than 7:00 p.m. Election Day November 1st. Voters can also drop their ballots in boxes located in the Clerk’s Branch Office at 31 Werner Road in Penrose or the Florence City Hall at 300 West Main in Florence by 4:30 p.m. November 1st.
Ballots returned by mail must be received in the Clerk’s Office by November 1st. Ballots with a November 1st postmark will not be counted if received after Election Day.