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Elections 2010
Elections_2010
Upcoming election information, how and where to register to vote, additional voting information and useful links regarding voting.
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Past Election Info.
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Local Election Results
* 8/10/10 Durago Herald:A look at statewide elections
Upcoming Elections
*It is not too early to start thinking about the 2010 elections for Colorado State and Federal public offices.
La Plata County Election News
*The following information is supplied by the La Plata County Elections Office and relates to 2010 county-wide elections:
CO Ballot Initiatives
*6/30/10 Fiscal Responsibility Information Committee of La Plata County: Impact Assessment of 3 Fiscal Policy Ballot Initiatives
We hope these questions will help you begin to assess the impact of Proposition 101, Amendment 60 & Amendment 61 on your district or agency. We would appreciate hearing about the specific impacts so we can educate voters about how they will be impacted by these 3 ballot initiatives. Please contact Dawn Haney at 970-903-8611 or dawn.m.haney@gmail.com for more information and to share the specific impacts to your district or agency.
*Are you interested in following the status of Colorado ballot initiatives that will be voted on Nov 2.
You may now track them by clicking CO initiatives. Choose Initiatives Filed from the lefthand menu and choose 2009-2010. The status of each initiative is given in the righthand column.
Initiatives must be submitted with petitions/signatures to the CO SOS no later than July 12. Verification should take 2 weeks so early August will produce the final list of CO ballot initiatives.
* CO Ballot initiative analysis: Election November 2010: Proposition 101 and Amendments 60 and 61 a presentation given 5/17/10 by Dee Wiser of Sherman and Howard, as organized by the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners
CO Judge Info
*8/3/10: The State Commission on Judicial Performance and local judicial district performance commissions have completed their evaluations of 134 justices and judges who are scheduled to stand for retention in the November 2010 election. The commissions are charged with providing voters with fair, responsible, and constructive evaluations of individual judges seeking retention, and providing judges with useful information concerning their performance.
*You my now read the Aug 3 Press Release related to the 2010 Judge evalution by clicking CO Judge evaluation for 2010
Colorado Electoral News
*3/16/10 Denver Post:Underdogs Buck, Romanoff make strong inroads at caucuses
By John Ingold and Jessica Fender
Colorado caucus-goers boosted the hopes of underdog candidates Tuesday night in the long-awaited first votes in a trio of high-profile races.
With vote totals from caucus straw polls still being tallied late Tuesday, former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff appeared poised to score a first-round win over incumbent U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the race for the Democratic Senate nomination.
Meanwhile, upstart Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck, the Weld County district attorney, was in a dead heat with former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton, who had been viewed as the front-runner based on leads in fundraising, endorsements and polling.
* 2/24/10 Denver Post:Colorado's high court rejects ban on campaign contributions
By Jessica Fender
In another blow to restrictions on political giving by business and labor interests, Colorado's top court Monday rejected a voter-approved measure to bar holders of large, no-bid government contracts from making campaign contributions. The 4-1 decision comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court turned federal campaign-finance law on its head by allowing corporations and labor unions unlimited spending in candidate elections for the first time in 63 years. Colorado officials continue to grapple with how the new federal rules fit with local campaign-finance laws...
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
*If you would like to check on your current registration, download a form to change your official address, check to see if you have previously requested a permanent mail-in ballot or if you would like to request a permanent mail-in ballot, click vote CO
How to 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 at 98 Everett St. Suite C (behind the Comfort Inn in Bodo Park, Durango, Colorado.
*You may now register online directly with the Secretary of State of Colorado. Just click CO Secretary of State registration and click on register online.
*If you need to verify your current registration status, click CO Secretary of State verification and click on verify/update record
*If you prefer to register by mail in Colorado, click CO Secretary of State registration and click on register to vote. Print the form and submit it by mail to the County Clerk for the county of your residence.
*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 and follow the directions
Additional Voting Information
*If you are a first time voter that is registering to vote by mail or you are voting in person, click voter id to check out the id requirements.
*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.
*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
Colorado District Information
For information regarding voting districts in Colorado, click the links below
Colorado Congressional Districts
John Salazar represents the 3rd Congressional District
for Federal Congressional maps, click congressional districts
State Senate District
Bruce Whitehead 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
Past Election Info
- Click SAMPLE BALLOT - AUG 10 ELECTION to view sample ballots for the Aug 10 primary election in La Plata County.
*4/13/10 Duango Herald:Bayfield town election results change
Tiebreaker puts Morlan on board
by Patrick Young
Herald Staff Writer
Ed Morlan has won a seat on Bayfield's Town Board after election judges found an error in the vote tally from the April 6 election. Initially, Monty McMinn received 71 votes, resulting in a tie with incumbent Debbi Renfro. A recount showed McMinn received 66 votes, putting him in a tie with Ed Morlan.
To break the tie, the names of the two candidates were printed, folded and placed in a bag. Both candidates were present Friday as Morlan's name was drawn, awarding him a seat...
*4/13/10 Durango Herald:Water district holds mill levy election
For $200,000 home, tax would be $7 a month
by Dale Rodebaugh
Herald Staff Writer
Ballots will be mailed Thursday to voters in southeast La Plata County asking if they're willing to pay for a potable-water district they approved 20 months ago.
Votes must be cast by May 4. Voters may mail their Issue A ballot or hand-carry it to the office of Harris Engineering, the district's consulting engineer.
Voters are asked to approve a 5 mill (half a penny) property-tax increase to raise $5.1 million in 2011, and future mill levy increases cannot exceed 5 mills annually. Approval of Issue A also would remove the La Plata Archuleta Water District's revenue limit set by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights Amendment - allowing it to spend such proceeds and any other revenue such as from grants...
*4/11/10 Durango Herald:Baizel, Graham head to commissioner primary
Sen. Bennet wins majority of delegates
by Chuck Slothower
Herald Staff Writer
La Plata County Democrats sent Bruce Baizel and Scott Graham to the primary ballot for county commissioner Saturday, while awarding a majority of delegates to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in his race against former state Rep. Andrew Romanoff. Baizel won 49 delegates to 47˝ for Graham. They both will appear on the Aug. 10 primary ballot...
*3/30/10 DuangoHerald:Republicans hold county assembly
Brown, Kennedy to face off in primary
by Garrett Andrews
La Plata County GOP Candidates
- Assessor: Tom Au
- Coroner: Carol Huser
- Treasurer: Ed Murray
- Sheriff: Duke Schirard
- Clerk and recorder: Tiffany Lee
- Commissioner for District 1: Bobby Lieb
Upcoming GOP assemblies
- 6th Senate District: 9:30 a.m. April 17 in Ridgway
- 59th Congressional District: 2 p.m. April 17 at the Durango Community Recreation Center
- 3rd Congressional District: May 21 at Loveland Budweiser Events Center
- Colorado State Assembly: May 22 at Loveland Budweiser Events Center
* 2/28/10 Durago Herald:Four seats on LPEA set for election
by Herald Staff Report
Election packets for people interested in running for a seat on the La Plata Electric Association board of directors will be available Monday at LPEA offices in Durango and Pagosa Springs. To be on the ballot, candidates must return completed petitions to the Durango office by 10 a.m. March 24.
One-third of the LPEA's director's seats are up for election annually, one in each of LPEA's four districts. Incumbent directors are Terry Alley, District 1, Archuleta County; Tom Compton, District 2, south and west La Plata County; Harry Goff, District 3, Durango proper; and Pam Patton, District 4, north and east La Plata County.
*4/7/10 Durango Herald:Bayfield election seats new board
Three of 4 open spots won by incumbents
by Patrick Young
Herald Staff Writer
Bayfield Town Board, three of the seats were won by incumbents. Trustees Tom Au, Gabe Candelaria and Debbi Renfro were each re-elected to serve another term. The fourth seat was won by Monty McMinn. McMinn will replace Brandon Luter, who was not seeking re-election.
Ignacio results from Tuesday's municipal election:
Mayor
- *George Whitt: 86 votes
- Ena Millich: 49 votes
Town Board
- * Lawrence Bartley: 89 votes
- * Ray Larson: 85 votes
- * Brad Egger: 77 votes
- Tom Atencio: 62 votes
- Tony (Mark) Blevins: 46 votes
- * indicates winners
*3/23/10 Durango Herald:9-R board fills Lynch's seat
Bruce Anderson was appointed also in 2006
by Garrett Andrews
Durango School District 9-R board members voted Monday to appoint radio broadcaster and one-time board member Bruce Anderson to fill a seat vacated by Paddy Lynch, whose tumultuous run on the board ended in February.
The board voted 4-2 to appoint Anderson at a special meeting. Floyd Patterson, Julie Levy, Wendy Rice and Andy Burns voted in favor of approval, and Jeff Schell and Joe Colgan voted against.
*Trustee elections will be held in Bayfield on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. This election will be held at the Bayfield Town Hall, 1199 U.S. Hwy 160B in Bayfield CO. Absentee ballots are available from the Town Clerk.
*Trustee elections will be held in Ignacio on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. This election will be held at the Ignacio Community Center, 570 Goddard Ave. in Ignacio, CO. Eligible voters must have been registered by March 8 to vote. Absentee ballots are available from the Town Clerk and will be mailed after March 26.
*The League of Women Voters of La Plata County will hold a Candidate Forum for all Trustee candidates on Thursday, April 1 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Bayfield Town Hall, 1199 U.S. Hwy 160B in Bayfield CO. Click Bayfield Candidate Forum for Trustees to view a flier on the Candidate Forum and plan to attend.
*The League of Women Voters of La Plata County will hold a Candidate Forum for all Trustee candidates on Tuesday, March 23 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave. Ignacio, CO. Click Ignacio Candidate Forum for Trustees for a flier on the Candidate Forum and plan to attend.
* La Plata County Republican and Democratic Party Caucuses will be held starting at 7PM on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in the following locations:
- Republican Party caucus locations
- Democratic Party caucus locations
Anyone can attend a caucus, but to participate and vote in the caucus you must be registered to vote with your party and attend the caucus in your precinct.
* 9R School Board Durango, Colorado: 9-R PRESS RELEASE - BOARD MEMBER PADRAIG LYNCH RESIGNS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9-R SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PADRAIG LYNCH RESIGNS
Board of Education To Seek Replacement
The Durango School District 9-R Board of Education will meet at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, and is expected to formally declare a vacancy in Director District A after receiving Board Member Padraig Lynch's resignation on Friday evening.
Board Clerk Kristy Rodri indicated that on Friday, February 12, Lynch submitted his resignation to the 9-R School Board effective immediately. Lynch is currently serving a four-year term as representative of District A. Mr. Lynch was well known for his strong advocacy toward the Career and Technical programs in the school district, and his dedication to doing what is best for kids. No reason was given for his resignation.
According to state law, the board must formally declare the vacancy at the next board of education meeting immediately following a member's resignation. The board has sixty days from the date the vacancy occurs, in which to appoint a successor. The appointee will serve until the next school board election, which is November 2011. If the board fails to exercise its appointment power within sixty days, the power passes to the Board President, who then has the unilateral authority to make the appointment, and must do so "forthwith."
For more information regarding the school board vacancy, please contact the Board Clerk Kristy Rodri, 247-5411, ext. 1448.
If you'd like more information about this topic, please contact Marty Kay Hutton in the 9-R Communications Office at mhutton@durango.k12.co.us or at 970-247-5411, ext. 1400.
Useful Links
*To view all Elected Offices that are filled by La Plata County residents, click elected offices updated 8/12/09
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Last revised: August 15, 2010 11:01 PDT.
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