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Welcome To The 64th Issue of the Valley Beat!
Our Ninth Free Issue!
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
OFFICE OF THE CLERK & RECORDER
CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO
TO THE ELECTORS OF CUSTER COUNTY:
In accordance with CRS 1-5-205(1), notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held by Mail Ballot Election process, in the County of Custer, State of Colorado, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November 2020 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Mail Ballots – Ballots will be mailed between October 9th and October 16th to all active registered voters in Custer County. If you have recently moved and not updated your physical and/or mailing address, you can either come into our office to update your address or go online to govotecolorado.gov. Ballots cannot be forwarded. Due to COVID-19, we strongly encourage voters to use their mail ballot instead of coming into the VSPC to vote. We suggest not mailing your ballot later than October 26th. After that, you can drop it in one of our 24-hour ballot drop boxes, or at the VSPC.
Voter Service and Polling Center (VSPC) – You may obtain a replacement ballot, drop off your ballot, update your voter registration, register to vote, or vote on the voting machine at the Custer County Clerk’s Office located at 205 S 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO. Dates and hours of operation are:
October 19th thru November 3rd
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 30th, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The voting machine will be available at this location only, starting Monday, October 19th.
A 24-hour ballot drop box will be located at the rear entrance of the Custer County Courthouse, 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO; and at the Wetmore Community Center, 95 County Road 393, Wetmore, CO.
You may obtain a sample ballot at the Custer County Clerk’s Office, or under “Clerk and Recorder” on the County website at custercounty-co.gov.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto, set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Custer this 2nd day of October, 2020.
- Kelley S. Camper
Custer County Clerk and Recorder
OFFICE OF THE CLERK & RECORDER
CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO
TO THE ELECTORS OF CUSTER COUNTY:
In accordance with CRS 1-5-205(1), notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held by Mail Ballot Election process, in the County of Custer, State of Colorado, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November 2020 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Mail Ballots – Ballots will be mailed between October 9th and October 16th to all active registered voters in Custer County. If you have recently moved and not updated your physical and/or mailing address, you can either come into our office to update your address or go online to govotecolorado.gov. Ballots cannot be forwarded. Due to COVID-19, we strongly encourage voters to use their mail ballot instead of coming into the VSPC to vote. We suggest not mailing your ballot later than October 26th. After that, you can drop it in one of our 24-hour ballot drop boxes, or at the VSPC.
Voter Service and Polling Center (VSPC) – You may obtain a replacement ballot, drop off your ballot, update your voter registration, register to vote, or vote on the voting machine at the Custer County Clerk’s Office located at 205 S 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO. Dates and hours of operation are:
October 19th thru November 3rd
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 30th, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The voting machine will be available at this location only, starting Monday, October 19th.
A 24-hour ballot drop box will be located at the rear entrance of the Custer County Courthouse, 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO; and at the Wetmore Community Center, 95 County Road 393, Wetmore, CO.
You may obtain a sample ballot at the Custer County Clerk’s Office, or under “Clerk and Recorder” on the County website at custercounty-co.gov.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto, set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Custer this 2nd day of October, 2020.
- Kelley S. Camper
Custer County Clerk and Recorder
Federal Offices to Close for Columbus Day Holiday, Today, Oct.12
Federal offices will be closed today in observance of the Columbus holiday. This includes
United Business Bank and Kirkpatrick Bank branches in Westcliffe. Additionally, the United
States Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail nor deliver packages. They will reopen during
their normal business hours on Tuesday, October 13. While the counter at the USPS will be
closed, patrons will still have access to their boxes as the lobby will remain open.
The County offices WILL BE OPEN today as they were closed last Monday, October 5.
Please contact a business directly to see if they will be open or closed in observance of the
holiday.
- by Tracy Ballard
United Business Bank and Kirkpatrick Bank branches in Westcliffe. Additionally, the United
States Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail nor deliver packages. They will reopen during
their normal business hours on Tuesday, October 13. While the counter at the USPS will be
closed, patrons will still have access to their boxes as the lobby will remain open.
The County offices WILL BE OPEN today as they were closed last Monday, October 5.
Please contact a business directly to see if they will be open or closed in observance of the
holiday.
- by Tracy Ballard
Voters will begin receiving ballots this week
Runbeck Election Services, the vendor that prints and mails the ballots for Custer County, began mailing 3,857 ballots from Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, October 9 to all active voters in Custer County.
Voters should begin receiving their ballots in the mail during the week of October 12. If your physical and/or mailing address has recently changed, please make sure to check with the Clerk and Recorder’s Office to see that we have the correct information in your record. If you will not be in Custer County during this time, please make sure that the Clerk and Recorder’s Office has a correct address to mail your ballot. Ballots CANNOT be forwarded. If you have your mail forwarded, your ballot will be returned to the Clerk and Recorder. If you do not receive your ballot, or your ballot gets damaged, you may come into the Clerk and Recorder’s Office and get a replacement ballot.
If you do not wish to use the ballot you receive in the mail, you may come into the Voter Service and Polling Center, located in the County Building at 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, to vote on one of the voting machines starting on Monday, October 19. Once you vote your ballot, please make sure to sign and date the return envelope. If you have more than one voter in your household, please make sure you sign the correct envelope. Your name will be printed on the envelope next to the signature line. Please sign your envelope using your signature that you use on a daily basis. All signatures are reviewed by Election Judges and compared with the signature we have on file for you. If there is a discrepancy in your signature, you will be sent a letter to confirm, or not, that you voted that ballot. Signatures are an especially important part of the mail ballot process and preventing voter fraud.
Once your ballot is voted, and the return envelope signed, dated, and sealed, we suggest you return your ballot using our 24-hour ballot drop box located at the rear entrance to the County Building, or by bringing your ballot into the Clerk and Recorder’s Office and depositing it into the drop box. If you choose to mail your ballot, please be sure to mail it no later than October 26th to give it plenty of time to be received.
Ballots must be received no later than Tuesday, November 3 by 7 p.m. for them to be counted. Postmarks DO NOT count.
County Clerk and Recorder, Kelley Camper stated “Contrary to the information that has been in the news and social media, I feel very confident in Colorado’s mail ballot election process and the ability for the postal service to get ballots to the voters in a timely manner. This is an important election, and my office, and the election judges that we have, will do everything to make sure that every eligible voter has a chance to vote and have that vote counted.
If you have any questions or concerns at all regarding the process, please feel free to stop by my office or to call me at 719-783-2441. I would rather you get correct information straight from the horse’s mouth!”
- Press Release
Voters should begin receiving their ballots in the mail during the week of October 12. If your physical and/or mailing address has recently changed, please make sure to check with the Clerk and Recorder’s Office to see that we have the correct information in your record. If you will not be in Custer County during this time, please make sure that the Clerk and Recorder’s Office has a correct address to mail your ballot. Ballots CANNOT be forwarded. If you have your mail forwarded, your ballot will be returned to the Clerk and Recorder. If you do not receive your ballot, or your ballot gets damaged, you may come into the Clerk and Recorder’s Office and get a replacement ballot.
If you do not wish to use the ballot you receive in the mail, you may come into the Voter Service and Polling Center, located in the County Building at 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, to vote on one of the voting machines starting on Monday, October 19. Once you vote your ballot, please make sure to sign and date the return envelope. If you have more than one voter in your household, please make sure you sign the correct envelope. Your name will be printed on the envelope next to the signature line. Please sign your envelope using your signature that you use on a daily basis. All signatures are reviewed by Election Judges and compared with the signature we have on file for you. If there is a discrepancy in your signature, you will be sent a letter to confirm, or not, that you voted that ballot. Signatures are an especially important part of the mail ballot process and preventing voter fraud.
Once your ballot is voted, and the return envelope signed, dated, and sealed, we suggest you return your ballot using our 24-hour ballot drop box located at the rear entrance to the County Building, or by bringing your ballot into the Clerk and Recorder’s Office and depositing it into the drop box. If you choose to mail your ballot, please be sure to mail it no later than October 26th to give it plenty of time to be received.
Ballots must be received no later than Tuesday, November 3 by 7 p.m. for them to be counted. Postmarks DO NOT count.
County Clerk and Recorder, Kelley Camper stated “Contrary to the information that has been in the news and social media, I feel very confident in Colorado’s mail ballot election process and the ability for the postal service to get ballots to the voters in a timely manner. This is an important election, and my office, and the election judges that we have, will do everything to make sure that every eligible voter has a chance to vote and have that vote counted.
If you have any questions or concerns at all regarding the process, please feel free to stop by my office or to call me at 719-783-2441. I would rather you get correct information straight from the horse’s mouth!”
- Press Release