The LEAGUE of WOMEN VOTERS of Pueblo Directory of Governmental Officials for Pueblo County 2019 Online at www.lwvpueblo.org 719-470-0723 www.lwvpueblo.org PREFACE This booklet is prepared by the League of Women Voters of Pueblo, Inc. to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. Through its Voter Services/Citizen Information activities, the League provides nonpartisan information on candidates and issues. Further information about the League of Women Voters may be obtained by calling 470-0723, by writing: LWV Pueblo • P.O. Box 521 • Pueblo, CO 81002 or online at www.lwvpueblo.org and on Facebook TABLE OF CONTENTS Voting Qualifications ............................................................................................ 3 Registration Information ...................................................................................... 3 Election Information ............................................................................................ 4 Mail-in Ballots .................................................................................................... 5 National Officials ................................................................................................. 6 State Officials ..................................................................................................... 7 Courts .............................................................................................................. 10 County Government .......................................................................................... 11 City Governments .............................................................................................. 13 Civil Service…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13 PACOG ............................................................................................................. 12 Board of Water Works…………………………………………………………………………..……… . 14 Library Locations ............................................................................................... 14 Special Districts ................................................................................................. 16 School Boards .................................................................................................. .17 2 VOTING QUALIFICATIONS FOR COLORADO Voter Registration requirements: You are eligible to register to vote if you are: • An United States citizen. • At least 16 years old, but you must be 18 or older on the date of the election in which you intend to vote. • A Colorado resident for at least 22 days before the election in which you intend to vote. • Student Registry: Qualified voters shall not be denied the right to vote in any election solely because they are students at an institution of higher learning. Such students shall, at any time that registration is provided by law, file with the county clerk a written affidavit, under oath, that their present address is their sole legal residence and that they claim no other place as legal residence. REGISTRATION A PERSON MAY REGISTER TO VOTE IN PERSON AT A COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE OR VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTER AT ANY TIME, INCLUDING ON ELECTION DAY • Pueblo County Election Department, 720 N Main, Suite 200, Pueblo, CO 719-583-6620. • Pueblo City Hall, 1 City Hall Pl, City Clerk’s Office, Pueblo, CO, 719-553-2669 A PERSON MAY REGISTER TO VOTE BY MAIL, ONLINE, AT A VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT OR WHEN APPLYING FOR A DRIVER’S LICENSE. DEADLINES APPLY. • For online registration go to www.govotecolorado.com. • When applying for a driver’s license, you may also register to vote at the Colorado Driver’s License Department, 827 W. 4th St., 719-543-5164. • Mail Registration: National Voter Registration Act. Any eligible elector may register by mail registration by obtaining a voter registration form, developed by the Secretary of State, from the County Clerk’s Office, or any Voter Registration Agency. 3 However, if you are registering to vote for the first time in your county, you must also include a photocopy of a photo ID with your mail-in form. • Federal Post Card Application. All eligible electors of this state serving in the U.S. military service, their spouses & dependents may register by Federal Post Card. Visit www.fvap.gov for details. TO UPDATE YOUR REGISTRATION INFORMATION, SUCH AS CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR NAME GO TO www.govotecolorado.com OR VISIT THE PUEBLO COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE. ELECTION INFORMATION GENERAL or COORDINATED ELECTION GENERAL ELECTION: first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even- numbered years. The next general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. COORDINATED ELECTION: first Tuesday in November in odd-numbered years. In 2019, the Coordinated Election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND/OR POLITICAL PARTY PRECINCT CAUCUSES: Held in even-numbered years to select party nominees for GENERAL ELECTION. SCHOOL BOARD AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: • TOWNS OF RYE AND BOONE: first Tuesday in April in even-numbered years. • COLORADO CITY AND PUEBLO WEST: first Tuesday in May in even-numbered years. • CITY OF PUEBLO: first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years as part of the Coordinated Election • School Districts 60 and 70: first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years as part of the Coordinated Election MAIL-IN BALLOT All registered voters will receive a mail-in ballot for each election for which they are eligible to vote. All Mail-in ballots must be received by the County Clerk’s office by 7:00 PM on Election Day. If you are confined to a hospital on Election Day or absent because of other unexpected conditions you may contact your County Clerk for procedures in which 4 you may receive a mail-in ballot. The ballot must be requested before 5 PM on Election Day and returned to the Election Department no later than 7 PM on Election Day. 2019 ELECTION CALENDAR Jan 9 – Last day for General Assembly to convene the 2019 regular session Jan 22 – Pueblo Mayoral runoff election Mar 1- Deadline for the Secretary of State to distribute a free list of who voted in the 2018 general election to each major and minor political party. May 9 – General Assembly must adjourn no later than this date. May 31 – Last day for Secretary of State to notify county clerks of a political organization’s loss of qualified status Jul 26 – Last day for a local government who wants to conduct a ranked voting election in a Coordinated Election to give the county clerk notice. Aug 5 – Last day to file an initiative petition with the Secretary of State for the 2019 Coordinated Election, no later than 3 PM. Also the last day to file an addendum to a previously filed initiative petition that was deemed insufficient. Aug 7 - First day a candidate for the office of school district director may circulate a nomination petition. Aug 30 – Last day for the candidates for the office of school district director to file a nomination petition Aug 30 – Last day to file an affidavit of intent to run as a write-in candidate for a non- partisan coordinated election, no later than end of business day. Sep 4 – Last day for Secretary of State to issue statements of sufficiency or insufficiency for initiative petitions filed on August 5th. Sep 6 – Last day for the designated election official from each political subdivision that intends to conduct an election to certify the ballot content. If the election will be coordinated with the county, the certification must be delivered to the county clerk and recorder of each county that has territory within the political subdivision. Sep 9 – Last day for the Secretary of State to send notice and certification of the Coordinated election ballot to the county clerks. Sep 20 – Last day to file pro/com comments pertaining to local ballot issues with the designated election official in order to be included in the ballot issue notice. Also the last day for petition representatives to submit summarized comments in favor of their petition. Sep 21 – Deadline to send mail ballots to military and overseas electors. Sep 21 – First day a voter may pick up a mail ballot in person Oct 1 – Last day for county clerks to provide a list of election judges, including political party affiliations, if known, to each appointing party. Oct 4 – Last day to mail notice of election for ballot issues and ballot information booklet. Oct 4 – First day a voter must be able to pick up a mail ballot in person Oct 15 – Last day to submit an application to register to vote through a voter registration drive for the Coordinated Election. 5 Oct 16 – Last day to post Voter Service and Polling Center, Polling Location, and Drop-off signs for the Coordinated Election. Oct 18 – Deadline for county clerks to send mail-ballot packets to each active voter. Oct 28 – Voter service and polling centers open Oct 28 – Last day to submit a voter registration application and receive a ballot by mail. Nov 1 – First day Drop-off locations must be open. Nov 4 – First day a candidate for president of the United States my begin circulating petitions to appear on the 2020 presidential primary ballot. Nov 5 – Coordinated Election – may register and vote in person at Voter Service and Polling Center between 7 AM and 7 PM. All ballots must be in the hands of the county clerk by 7 PM in order to be counted. Ballots mailed by overseas voters must be postmarked no later than 7 PM. Nov 7 – Deadline for the county clerk to send missing signature, signature verification, and missing ID letters for mail and provisional ballots.