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Sample Ballots I r il il il il l l l l il l l il l il l l il il l l l l I I Ballot Type: I Official Primary Election Ballot I I Democratic Party I E# La Plata County, Colorado I 00000001 Tlffany Lee Parker, Clerk and I I Tuesday, June 26,2018 Recorder I lnstruc'tions: I Mark your ballot with blue or black ink only. Do not use red ink. I I To vote for a candidate whose name appears on the ballot, completely fill in the oval to the left of your choice, like this: I I I r Unafiiliated voters: lf your mail ballot packet contains both a Democratic and Republican ballots, mark and return only one of them and destroy the I other. lf you mark and retum both ballots, neither will count. Contact your county elections office if you have questions. I o lf you make a mistake, contact your county r elections office and ask for a replacement ballot. I WARNING: Any person who, by use of force or olher means, unduly influences an eligible eleclor to vole in any partiorlar manner or to refrain from voting, or who falsely I makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any mail ballot before or afler it has been casl, or who deslroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with a ballot is subject, upn I I conviclion, lo imprisonment, or to a fine, or both. Section 1-7.$107(3Xb), C.R.S. I I FederalOffices Attorney General County Offices I Representative to the 116th United (Vote for One) I County Commissioner Dlstrict 1 I States Congress PhilWeiser (Vote for One) I Disfic-t 3 I (Vote fu One) I Joe Salazar ,l Clyde L. Church I I Diane Mitsch Bush Regent of the University of Colorado County Clerk & Recorder I At Large Karl Hanlon (Vote for One) I (Vote for One) I I Arn Menconi Lesley Smith There are no candidates for this office, I I State Offices Regent of the University of Colorado County Treasurer I Congressional Distric{ 3 (Vote for One) I Governor (Vote for One) I (Vote for One) I Alvin Rivera Allison Aichele I I Cary Kennedy State Senator Tim Walsworth I District 6 Jared Polis I (Vote for One) County Assessor I I Donna Lynne I Guinn Unger Jr. (Vote for 0ne) I I Mike Johnston State Representative Canie Woodson I District 59 I Secretary of State (Vote for One) Gounty Sheriff I (Vote I for One) Barbara Mclachlan (Vote for One) I I Jena Griswold Sean Smith I I State Treasurer County Surveyor I r (Vote for One) (Vote for One) r I Dave Young SampleThere are no candidates for this office. I I Bemard Douthit County Coroner I I (Vote for One) I I There are no candidates for thls office. I r I llrrll rl, rlllllllilllillllilllilllilllllllr IllililillillillilllllllllillllllI I Ballot Type: 2 Official Primary Election Ballot I I Republican Party I E$ La Plata County, Colorado I 00000002 Tlffany Lee Parker, Clerk and I I Tuesday, June 26,2018 Rocorder I lnstructions: I Mark your ballot with blue or black ink only. Do not use red ink. I I To vote for a candidate whose name appears on the ballot, completely fill in the oval to the left of your choice, like this: I I I o Unafflhted voten: lf your mail ballot packet contains both a Democratic and Republican ballob, mark and retum only one of them and destmy ffre I other. lf you mark and retum both ballob, neither will munt. Contact your county eledions office if you have questions. r o lf you make a mistake, contact your coung eleclions I office and ask for a replacement ballot. yUARt{lilG: I Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an eligible eleclor to vote in any partiolar manner or to refnain fom voting, or who falsdy I makes, alters, forges, or ounlerfeib any mail ballot before or after it has been cast, or who des&oys, defaces, mutilates, or hmpens with a ballot is suUect upon I I onvic'tion, to imprisonment or to a fine, or bolh. Sec,tion 1.7.S107(3Xb), C.R.S. I I Regent of the University of Colorado County 0ffices I At Large Represenhtive I to the 116th United (Vote for One) County Commissioner District I I States Congress Ken Montera (Vote for One) I District 3 I (Vote for 0ne) I Regent of the University of Colorado Brad Blake I Congressional District 3 I Scott R. Tipton (Vote for One) County Clerk & Recorder I I Glen H. Gallegos (Vote for One) I I Governor State Senator fiffany Lee Parker I District 6 (Vote for One) I (Vote for One) County Treasurer I I Walker Stapleton Don Coram (Vote for One) I I Greg Lopez State Representative Colton Black I District 59 I Doug Robinson (Vote for One) County Assessor r I Victor Mitchell There are no candidates for this office. (Vote for One) I I Secretary of State There are no candidates for this ofiice. I (Vote for One) I County Sheriff I I Wayne Williams (Vote for One) I I State Treasurer Charles Hamby I (Vote for One) I County Surveyor I I Justin Everett (Vote for One) I I Polly Lawrence Steven McCormack I r Brian Watson SampleCounty Coroner I I Attorney General (Vote for One) I (Vote for I One) Jann Smith I I George Brauchler I I r lrrrll rlt I l l l l l il l l il il l il l l l l l il l il il l l l l l.
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