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October 24, 2012
Ballots mailed for general election Special to The Tribune The first wave of mail-in ballots for the 2012 Presidential Election was mailed Oct. 15 by the El Paso County Clerk & Recorder’s Election Department. Ballots were mailed to the 202,948 voters of El Paso County who requested a mail-in ballot. This is a 35 percent increase from four years ago when the county mailed just over 151,000 mail-in ballots for the entire election time period.
It is not too late to apply for a mail-in ballot if a voter still wishes to request one. The deadline to apply is Oct. 30. Voters can sign up for a mail-in ballot by one of three options. To update voter registration or request a mail-in ballot go online to www.GoVoteColorado.com. Visit any of the four Clerk & Recorder’s Office locations. The main office is located at the Citizens Service Center at 1675 West Garden of the Gods Road, Suite 2202. The North Branch is located at 8830
New 24-hour ballot drop box Special to The Tribune The El Paso County Clerk & Recorder has installed a new 24-hour ballot drop box at its Citizens Service Center Main Office. This ballot drop box is the first of its kind in El Paso County. Now voters can simply drive through and drop off the ballot without ever getting out of their car. The ballot drop box is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “I am excited to provide voters another way to quickly and easily drop off their ballot. This ballot drop box is a way for voters to ensure that we receive their ballot during the hours
North Union Boulevard at Research Parkway and Union Boulevard. Centennial Hall is located in downtown Colorado Springs at 200 South Cascade in the lower level and the Southeast Branch is at 5650 Industrial Place at Powers Boulevard and Airport Road. All offices are open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon. - Fri. The North Branch Office is also open 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Colorado voter registration form or mail-in ballot applications can be downloaded from the website and sub-
mitted to the Clerk & Recorder’s Office by mail, fax, scan or by email. The fax number is 719-520-7327 and the email is elections@elpasoco.com. If mailing send to Election Department at P.O. Box 2007 Colorado Springs, CO 80901 Voters should see their ballot in their mailbox within a few days. If a voter does not receive a ballot and believes they should be on the mail-in ballot list they may verify their voter record at www.GoVoteColorado.com or contact the Clerk’s Election Department at 719-575-VOTE (8683).
County offers video on how to mark a ballot
that work for them,” EPC Clerk and Recorder Wayne Williams said in a statement. Allowing for a 24-hour unmanned ballot drop-off location was provided due to a change in the Colorado Secretary of State rules that now allow for external unmanned drop-off locations as long as they are secured according to the guidance provided by the Secretary of State Rules and under 24-hour video surveillance. The ballot drop-off is located in the front roundabout of the Citizens Service Center Office at 1675 West Garden of the Gods Road. There are directional signs to help voters locate the ballot drop box.
Special to The Tribune In an effort to ensure that every voter’s ballot is cast with the intent of the voter, the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office would like to encourage citizens to watch the video “How to Mark a Ballot”. This video was created to
show voters how to correctly mark their ballot. Many of the common errors that are seen in the counting process are highlighted in the video. The Clerk and Recorder’s Office encourages all citizens to take a moment and watch this helpful short video. In the last general election the Clerk and Recorder’s Office had to duplicate over 6,000
ballots before they were able to be cast. They have mailed over 203,000 mail-in ballots and felt it was important that they help voters mark their ballot correctly. The video is available on YouTube at http://youtu.be/ UwtsJZ4G-vQ. The county’s YouTubeChannel is www.youtube.com/ clerkepc.
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