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Sacred Heart Parish School, 255 East Fifth Ave., Durango
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La Plata County Courthouse Anasazi Room, 1060 East Second Ave., Durango
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Frontier Baptist Church, 2201 Forest Ave., Durango
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Needham Elementary School Auditorium, 2455 West Third Ave., Durango
Here’s what you need to know to vote in the election
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River Church (New Location), 860 Plymouth Drive, Durango
By Shane Benjamin
POLLING LOCATIONS IN LA PLATA COUNTY
Herald Staff Writer
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Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School, 11274 Colorado Highway 140, Kline
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Animas Fire – Trimble, 31263 U.S. Highway 550, Durango
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River Church (new location), 860 Plymouth Drive, Durango
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Animas Fire station, intersection of Florida Road (County Road 240) and County Road 234, Durango
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Vallecito Church, 17576 County Road 501, Bayfield
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Florida Mesa Elementary School, 216 Colorado Highway 172, Durango
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Bayfield Town Hall, 1199 Bayfield Parkway, Bayfield
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Sunnyside Elementary School, 75 County Road 218, Durango
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Faith Community Church of the Nazarene, 1400 Colorado Highway 172, Durango
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Oxford Grange Hall, 8018 Colorado Highway 172, Durango
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Ignacio 11-JT Junior High School, 315 Ignacio St., Ignacio
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Allison Community Church, 2724 County Road 329, Ignacio
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Upper Pine River Fire Protection District Administration Building (new Location), 515 Sower Drive, Bayfield
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Colorado Department of Transportation training room, 20581 U.S. Highway 160, Durango
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Fort Lewis College Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango
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It all comes down to this: Candidates have made their cases, they have spent millions of dollars delivering their talking points and the debates are reaching their closing arguments. It’s now up to you to vote. But first you’ll have to decide how you want to vote. Voters have several options, including mail-in ballot, early voting and the old-fashioned way – going to a designated polling place on Nov. 6. At least 62 percent of eligible voters in La Plata County have already requested mail-in ballots, said La Plata County Clerk and Recorder Tiffany Lee Parker. Mail-in ballots were sent out last week, and anyone expecting to receive one should have it by now, Parker said. Mail-in ballots must be returned to the Clerk and Recorder’s office by 7 p.m. on Election Day. If the Clerk and Recorder’s Office doesn’t receive a ballot by the deadline, it won’t be counted. Parker said she doesn’t recommend mailing ballots any later than Friday, Nov. 2. Mail-in ballots can be dropped off at three locations: the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 98 Everett St.; La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Ave.; and the motor vehicle branch inside Bayfield Town Hall, 1199 Bayfield Parkway. The Clerk and Recorder’s Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 shane@durangoherald.com
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p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, to give residents extra time to drop off ballots or request replacement ballots. Mail-in ballots can be requested until Oct. 30. Early voting begins Monday and continues through Nov. 2. Early voting allows residents to go to one of two locations to vote before Nov. 6, and avoiding lines at polling places on election day. Early voting locations include the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, which is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Bayfield Town Hall, which is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eligible voters also can go to polling places on Election Day. They can go to www.govotecolorado.com to verify their voting registration status and to identify their polling place. La Plata County voters also can call the Clerk and Recorder’s Office at 382-6296 for information about their voting status or any other voter-related questions. Parker said she is hoping for an 85 percent turnout this year in La Plata County. There was a 75 percent turnout during the 2008 presidential election, she said. “I challenge the citizens of La Plata County to an 85 percent turnout rate,” Parker said. “You can’t complain if you don’t vote. We fought for these rights. These positions that we’re putting people into are so important, and the issues impact our everyday lives.”
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