August Newsletter

GOVERNMENT
GREENWOOD VILLAGE
MUNICIPAL
election
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
This year, the City Council designated the Village’s Regular
Municipal Election to be a coordinated election with
Arapahoe County. Arapahoe County is conducting the
November 5, 2019 Coordinated Election as a Mail Ballot
Election.
REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE
If you have a Colorado State driver’s license or ID card issued
by the Department of Revenue you may register to vote,
change your address, update your current registration or
check the status your registration online at
www.govotecolorado.com. The last day to register to vote
online for the coordinated election is October 28, 2019.
REGISTER TO VOTE IN-PERSON
You may also request and submit a Voter Registration Form
at any office of the County Clerk and Recorder or the City
of Greenwood Village. You may also register to vote inperson
through a voter registration drive in your community.
You may also register to vote in-person at any one of
Arapahoe County’s Voter Service and Polling Centers
through 7 p.m. on Election Day.
A Voter Confirmation Card will be mailed to you
approximately 2-3 weeks after your application form is
processed.
In order to register to vote in Greenwood Village, you must
be:
• At least 16 years of age. (You must be 18 years of age by
the date of the election in order to vote.)
• A citizen of the United States;
• A resident of the State of Colorado for 22 days prior to
the election.
MAIL BALLOTS
Ballots will be mailed beginning October 14 to active
registered voters who live in Greenwood Village. If you have
not received a ballot by October 28, please call Arapahoe
County Elections at 303-795-4511 to update your
registration and request one be mailed to you. Ballots will
not be mailed after October 28. Ballots are not forwarded by
the U.S. Postal Service.
ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOTS
If you will be out of town and unable to receive your ballot
at your registered address you may change your address by
completing the “Change in Voter Registration Information”
form from Arapahoe County. The form is online at
www.arapahoevotes.com or you may vote early at a Voter
Service and Polling Center beginning October 28, 2019.
VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTERS
Voter Service and Polling Centers will open eight days
(October 28, 2019) prior to and including Election Day,
except for Sunday, November 3, 2019. Voters will be able to
drop off their mail ballots, register to vote or cast their vote
in person at a Voter Service and Polling Center. Greenwood
Village City Hall has a 24 hour/7 day drop off box in the
east parking lot to accept mail ballots.
CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE INFORMATION
Greenwood Village has prepared its comprehensive Election
information and Candidate Guide to help ensure that Village
residents are informed regarding Council candidates and the
Village’s 2019 Election. This Information Guide is available
from the City Clerk’s office at City Hall.
The nomination petition process is the first step in becoming
a candidate. Nomination petition forms are available in the
City Clerk’s Office. A candidate must possess the following
qualifications to run for office: be a United States Citizen; be
a registered elector; be 18 years of age by Election Day; and
have lived in the Village and the specific District for one year
immediately preceding the election.
Candidates for the office of City Council must be nominated
by at least twenty (20) registered electors from such district.
Candidates for the office of Mayor must be nominated by at
least fifty (50) registered electors from the Village.
WRITE-IN CANDIDATES
If you desire to be a write-in candidate for this election,
an affidavit of intent must be filed with the City Clerk by
the person whose name is written in by the close of business
on August 30, 2019. No write-in vote for any municipal
office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent of the
write-in candidate has been filed. Village Residency and
age requirements to hold any municipal office must still be
met.
For additional information regarding candidacy, election
forms and filing requirements, please call the Election
Hotline at 303-804-4113. GV
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