OCTOBER 13 - OCTOBER 19, 2016 | AURORASENTINEL.COM | 1 2 | AURORASENTINEL.COM | OCTOBER 13 - OCTOBER 19, 2016 Colorado voters have plenty of options on — and leading up to — Election Day all inside. than 22 days before an election. candidate per race. If you select After last year’s successful Residents can register to vote multiple options, your vote in that ELECTION BY THE AURORA SENTINEL launch of mail ballots to all Colo- by appearing in-person at a voter race cannot be counted. INFORMATION ust when you thought every- rado residents, many of you read- service and polling center through • Do not draw or write outside • Mail-in ballots will be sent to thing had gone to pot with the ing this right now can start making Election Day. of the arrow, except to print the homes beginning Oct. 17. 2012 elections in Colorado, this those decisions sooner than later. Aurora is served by three coun- name of a write-in candidate. J • Election Day is Nov. 8. year’s General Election run-up — Voters statewide will start receiv- ties, and each county has slightly • Remember to sign your ballot especially at the top o’ the ticket ing mail ballots Oct. 17, and have different rules. envelope. Every signature will be • Voting service centers are — has had some moments even until Election Day, Nov. 8, to re- In Arapahoe County, general- compared to the voter’s registra- online for Arapahoe County smellier than the dankest, and now turn them or drop them in a local ly south of East Colfax Avenue, tion record, to ensure the correct at arapahoevotes.com and perfectly legal, Colorado cannabis. ballot box. your ballot must be mailed back person has marked the ballot. for Adams County at www. Whether top-of-the-ticket can- Instructions for completing by affixing 70 cents in postage, or In Arapahoe County, voters can adcogov.org. didates pass the voters’ smell test and returning the ballot are easy returning it to one of 37 drop-off now sign up for a ballot track ser- • Postage to return mail ballots or not, there’s still much at stake and included. Below, we offer con- locations in the county by 7 p.m. vice to receive free messages by is 70 cents. downwind, er, down-ticket this tacts for those who don’t get a bal- on Election Day. email, text or phone when their November. The turmoil at the top lot or have other problems. There are 24, 24-hour ballot mail ballot has been mailed and • Register to vote or check voter has at times threatened to over- This year, residents can reg- boxes, including new boxes at Au- accepted by the elections division registration up to eight days shadow some otherwise very crit- ister to vote online or by mail rora City Hall and Greenwood Vil- for counting. before Election Day at www. ical down-ticket federal and state through Halloween (Oct. 31), and lage City Hall. For a list of ballot If you make a mistake or want govotecolorado.com. races, as well as local and state bal- also register to vote up to and even boxes, visit www.arapahoevotes. a replacement ballot, you can go lot measures and amendments. on Election Day. Visit www.govo- com. to any one of the county’s voter In addition to one U.S. Senate tecolorado.com to register to vote, Voter service and polling cen- service centers. to any of the county’s 16 voter ser- race and, locally, a battle for the update your record or check your ters will also be well-prepared after Eleven of the Arapahoe County vice and polling centers, which are 6th Congressional District that status and ensure that you receive Araphoe County hired more than Centers open Oct. 24; the remain- open Oct. 24 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., could prove to be the tightest to a ballot for this election. 300 paid temp election workers for ing 14 centers open Nov. 5. weekdays; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur- date, there’s more than a dozen If you register to vote by mail or the 2016 General Election. Voters in Adams County, gener- days; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Elec- local and state House and Senate online at least eight days before an “Election workers will experi- ally north of East Colfax Avenue, tion Day, Nov. 8. races. election conducted by your county ence first-hand the excitement of can also return ballots to boxes The Adams County voter cen- Aurorans will also be called clerk and recorder, the clerk will the Presidential Election by as- open 24 hours a day, and at other ter in Aurora is at the Aurora upon to decide the fate of bond automatically mail you a ballot, sisting voters at one of 25 voter locations. Voters can also check Workforce Center on 3155 Cham- measures put forward by each of according to Colorado Secretary service and polling centers or by voter registration online. bers Road. Aurora’s school districts. And then of State officials. processing ballots at our Elections Twenty-four-hour ballot return For a full list of voter service there are the amendments, propo- If you register after the eighth Facility,” Arapahoe County Clerk boxes are located at: centers in Adams County, go to sitions and other ballot issues, ma- day before the election, you must and Recorder Matt Crane said in • Aurora Motor Vehicle, 3449 www.adcogov,org or call 720-523- ny of them high-profile for certain: visit one of the voter service and a statement. Chambers Road. 6500. Death with dignity, constitutional polling centers in your county to Here are some tips for voters • Martin Luther King Jr. Li- For more information in Arap- amendment requirements, mini- get a ballot. opting for the mail-in ballots: brary, 9898 E. Colfax Ave. ahoe County, go online to www. mum wage, statewide healthcare, If you register to vote through a • Fill in the arrow completely • Aurora City Hall, 15151 E. 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