On Nov. 5 and the weeks leading up to Election Day, La Plata County voters participated in our democracy making their voices heard through their vote – one method of participatory democracy.
While certainly there are voters who envisioned a different outcome in any one of the national, state or local offices, what’s true is that here in La Plata County our system of voting worked.
We had the highest voter turnout in recent history with over 80% of eligible voter engagement! To us, that signals those voters care, and care deeply, about issues that matter to them and felt free to use their ballot as their voice.