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October 11, 2018
COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA’S VOTER GUIDE PART 1 OF 2 • This week: Q&As with candidates for state Legislature, county offices, mayor and town council. • Next week: Q&As with candidates for Congress, governor and other statewide offices. Plus, a comprehensive look at the state ballot issues. • Online: More coverage at ColoradoCommunityMedia.com
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Ready to vote? Here’s what you need to do STAFF REPORT
Ballots for the Nov. 6 election will soon be mailed out. Douglas County residents who plan to VOTER INFO vote on Election Day All information need to make sure about the electhey’re registered tion, including and ready. important dates Ballots will be and deadlines, mailed to all regisas well as maps tered voters starting to polling and Oct. 15. Residents ballot dropoff who have not sites, can be received a ballot by found at DougOct. 22 are asked lasVotes.com to call the Douglas County elections staff at 303-660-7444 or stop by a voter service and polling center for help. Once ballots are complete, voters may drop them off at a ballot dropoff
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site starting Oct. 15, or mail them back. Douglas County has 10 ballot dropoff sites, nine of which are open 24 hours. Ballots must be received by 7 p.m. Election Day; voters who are in line at a designated dropoff site or polling center will be allowed to turn in their ballots. However, a postmark of Nov.
6 is not valid as the received date, so mail ballots early to ensure they are received by Election Day. To receive a ballot, residents must be registered to vote. In addition, those who have moved since they last voted should check their address since ballots are mailed to the address on file. Residents are able to
register to vote, check voter registration status, update their mailing address or affiliate with a party at DouglasVotes.com. Voters who have questions can call or stop by the Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock, any weekday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Douglas County Voter Service and Polling Centers also will be open to provide assistance starting Oct. 22. Polling centers will be equiped to help residents register to vote, update their voter registration, replace a ballot, vote in person or drop off a ballot. In addition to being open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, these centers will be open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Nov. 5. Saturday hours are offered Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
HOW TO VOTE: A LIST OF VOTER SERVICE CENTERS, POLLING SITES AND BALLOT DROPOFF LOCATIONS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY Douglas County Voter Service and Polling Centers • Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock • Highlands Ranch Sheriff ’s Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch • Larkspur Fire Protection District, 9414 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur
• Lone Tree Motor Vehicle, Park Meadows, 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree • Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker • Parker Fieldhouse, 18700 E. Plaza Drive, Parker • Roxborough Sheriff’s Substation, 8361 N. Rampart Range Road, Littleton
Ballot Dropoff Locations • Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane, Castle Pines • Douglas County Elections Office, 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock • Town of Castle Rock (parking lot), 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock • Highlands Ranch Motor Vehicle, 2223 W. Wildcat Reserve Park-
way, Highlands Ranch • Highlands Ranch Sheriff’s Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch • Town of Larkspur, 8720 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur • Lone Tree Motor Vehicle, Park Meadows, 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree • Parker Police Department, 18600
Lincoln Meadows Parkway, Parker • Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker • Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200, Littleton (this site is open only during regular business hours from Oct. 15 to Nov. 5, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election Day, Nov. 6).