Elections

2/27/2008: Durango Herald: La Plata County commissioners on Tuesday approved a polling station at Fort Lewis College that will allow some students to vote on campus. For the complete story, click DH2-27

Upcoming Elections

*For a list of Official Party Candidate Nomination Dates and Election Dates for 2008 leading to November 4th election day, click key election dates
*To view all Elected Offices that are filled by La Plata County residents, click elected offices

2008 Conventions and Assemblies

*Now that the major parties have completed their caucuses in La Plata County and in Colorado, the process of rolling these grassroots votes forward begins.
Although this process may vary by party, it involves county assemblies, a state convention and a national convention, all to be completed in the next six months.

*We have received the following assembly and convention plans from the major La Plata political parties.

to access the La Plata County Republican Party assembly and convention plans, click repconv

to access the La Plata County Democratic Party assembly and convention plans, click demconv

Caucus-Primary Results

Caucus and primary voting continues with 18 additional contests between March 4 and June 10 in 18 states. To follow the action, click CNN politics.

Where to Vote

*To vote in an election, you must be registered, know your precinct, and vote at the polling place assigned to your precinct.

*If you are not currently registered to vote in Colorado, see the register to vote link below.

*To find your precinct, click precinct and answer the questions regarding name, address, and birthday. You will get your voter registration information returned. Note: The last two digits of the "Precinct Number" will be your precinct.

*When you know your precinct, you may find your polling place by clicking polling place

Register to Vote

*Are you registered to vote? Do you want to change your party, your address, your name? You may register or change your registration at the La Plata County Clerk and Recorder's office in the La Plata County Court House, 1060 E. 2nd Ave, Durango, Colorado.

*For your convenience, the LWV of La Plata will be registering voters, distributing permanent mail-in ballot information and distributing general voter information at the Durango Farmers Market every 2nd and 4th Saturday from 8am to noon during the summer. The Durango Farmers Market is located in the First National Bank Parking Lot. See you there!

*If you prefer to register to vote by mail in Colorado, click CO registration print the form and submit it by mail to the County Clerk for the county of your residence.

*If you would like to register to vote by mail outside of Colorado, click VOTE411 to obtain a printable application.

*If you would like an application for a permanent mail-in ballot to be mailed directly to you for each election overseen by the La Plata County Election Recorder's Office click permanent mail-in ballot.

*If you need to register to vote by mail from outside the state or the US, you may access the National Voter Registration materials by clicking NVR

Additional Voting Information

*Citizens who have registered to vote but who did not vote in the last general election (November 2006) are considered inactive. (A general election is held every 2 years in even years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The entire US House of representatives is elected, some members of the Senate, and, every four years, the President of the United States.)

*Inactive voters will not automatically receive a mail-in ballot for this mail-in election unless they verify their current address with the County Clerk-Recorder at least 29 days prior to Election Day. They can also reactivate their status, get a ballot, and vote in person at the County Clerk-Recorder's office in the Courthouse.

*Registered voters in La Plata County who have moved can update their addresses with the County Clerk or by re-registering with the new address. Note that ballots are not forwarded but you can vote in person at the Courthouse. Voters who move within the 30 day cut-off should contact the County Clerk's office at 970-382-6296 or 6297 for further clarification.

*Citizens who have registered to vote but who did not vote in the last two general elections (November 2006 and November 2004) have been purged from the Colorado voting rolls. A purged voter must re-register to vote in the state of Colorado and La Plata County.

*A new Colorado statute authorizing permanent mail-in ballots for all elections is now in effect. Voters may indicate that they would like to be on the permanent mail-in list when they register or can update previous registration to so indicate. If you would like an application for a permanent mail-in ballot to be mailed directly to you for each election overseen by the La Plata County Election Recorder's Office click permanent mail-in ballot.

*For a complete description of Colorado voting regulations see Colorado Election Rules as ammended May 30, 2007.

Voting District Information

For information regarding voting districts in Colorado, click the links below

Colorado Congressional Districts
Ken Salazar represents the 3rd Congressional District
for Federal Congressional maps, click congressional districts

State Senate District
Jim Isgar represents the 6th State Senate District
for a State Senate District map, click state senate districts

State House of Representative Districts
Ellen Roberts represents the 59th District
for a House of Representatives map, click state reps districts

State Judicial Districts
La Plata County is in the 6th Judicial District
for a Judicial District map, click state judicial districts

La Plata County Commissioner Districts
for a County Commissioners map, click County districts

La Plata County Caucus

*La Plata Country major political parties completed their 2008 Presidential caucuses on February 5. For more information on the caucus process and results, click LPC caucus

*The La Plata Democratic Party recorded 1506 attendees at their La Plata County Caucus locations which is approximately 15% of the registered Democrats in La Plata County. For the detailed results by precinct, click laplata dems

*The La Plata County Republicans held their County Assembly on Saturday, March 1. The 98 assembled delegates nominated two candidates for the Board of County Commissioners election in November 2008. Additionally, they discussed and approved 29 of 32 resolutions which will be forwarded to the State Assemblies as well to appropriate local, state and federal government leaders. For the complete story, click DH2/3/08

Recent Elections

*The town of Ignacio, Colorado held an election on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 to fill the offices of 4 Town Trustee seats and to vote on a single ballot question. To view the official ballot, click Ignacio votes
Results of the Ignacio town election were as follows:
Ignacio Town Board Trustees- Kasey Correia, Ena Millich, Cecilia Robbins and Marie Zeller elected
The tax resolution on the Ignacio ballot failed 62-26
for more info click DH4-3

*The town of Bayfield, Colorado held an election on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 to fill the office of Mayor and 3 Town Trustee seats.
Candidates for Mayor included Carol Blatnick and Rick Smith
Candidates for the three Trustee seats included Bob Piccoli, James Harrmann, Debbi Renfro, Bill Miller, Justin Talbot and Dan Ford (in ballot order)
Results of the Bayfield town election were as follows:
Bayfield Mayor- Rick Smith and Carol Blatnick each received 102 votes and therefore the new mayor was selected "by lot." Rick Smith is the new mayor of Bayfield.
Bayfield Town Board Trustees- Dan Ford, Bob Piccoli and Justin Talbot elected
for more info click DH4-3

*Nov 6, 2007 La Plata County School Board Elections for detailed information and results, click Nov 6

Useful Links

*for a view of who's running for President, click potus08

*for a view of the early Presidential primary season, click 20008primaries

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