Special District Elections
Colorado Constitution, Statute, Rules and Other Resources
Information Resource Page for District Election Officials
PDF | Special District Elections - Frequently Asked Questions
PDF | Elections Quick Reference Guide
Election Calendar - November 2009
Election Calendar - May 2010
2010 Election Manual - NEW
Forms and Sample Documents
Special District Current List of Directors
(for explanation of notes, please see last page)
DEO Election Training for May 2010
Election Judge Training
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Casey Laycock
303.866.2639
casey.laycock@state.co.us
Division of Local Government
1313 Sherman Street, Room 521
Denver, Colorado 80203
Main:
(303) 866-2156
Fax: (303) 866-4819
The local government services section provides technical assistance in the area of Title 32, Article 1 Special District Elections. All C.R.S. 32-1-101 special districts are required, by state statute, to either conduct or legally cancel their biennial election. Regular special district elections shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of May in every even-numbered year. An election manual and calendar is available to assist districts in the conduct of their regular biennial election in May. In addition, the division offers technical support to election officials by hosting several election workshops throughout the state. These classes are designed to help special districts prepare for their regular biennial election. Special districts have the option of holding TABOR Issue elections during a state general election, a biennial local district election, or on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years. The division provides a coordinated election calendar to assist district officials in the preparation of an off-year election.
Special districts must file all election results with the division of local government. The division maintains information on each special district, including election results from the district’s organizational, regular, off-year, or special election.
Colorado Constitution, Statute, Rules, and Other Resources:
PDF | C.R.S. Title 32, Article 1, Parts 8&9 - Special District Election & Compliance Filings
PDF | Article X, Section 20 - TABOR
PDF | C.R.S. Title 1, Articles 1-13 - Elections Generally
PDF | C.R.S. Title 1, Article 45 - Campaign & Political Finance
Link | Secretary of State Rules and Rule Making
PDF | Term Limits: AG Opinion 2005-4 (SDA Article)
Link | Term Limits: AG Opinion 2000-2
Information Resource Page for District Election Officials
Michie's Legal Resources (Online Statute Search)
Election Official's Mailing Resources
DEO Election Training for May 2010
Special District Elections Training for DEOs for May 2010 elections will be available to download from this webpage after January 6, 2010. After this date, you will be able to view ‘chapters’ of the training course online from the convenience of your home or office computer. If you would like to watch it live and have your questions answered during the live-recording of the online course, the streaming video web-link will be provided on this page in December of 2009. You can then email your questions to casey.laycock@state.co.us while watching the course and we will be sure to answer them during the recording.
* * FOR NEW DEOs ONLY * *
Are you a new DEO? Need a more detailed course on running your district’s election? We will be offering a teleconference course for new DEOs only that will be separated into 6 individual sessions. Each individual session is approximately 1-hour in length and will be offered over the coming months leading up to the May 2010 election. The course will follow the election calendar dates and deadlines to assist DEOs in complying with elections deadlines. Registration will begin in the Fall of 2009, but space is limited and only NEW DEOs will be allowed to register.
All election judges are required to attend “a class of instruction concerning the tasks of an election judge prior to each election.” 1-6-101(6), C.R.S. The DEO shall hold “a special school of instruction concerning the task of a supply judge.” 1-6-101(5), C.R.S. The classes must be held not more than forty-five days prior to the election. An option available to DEOs regarding offering the judges’ training is to attend judges’ training offered by the Special District Association (SDA).The SDA will conduct election judges trainings in the Spring of 2010. Please contact the SDA and speak with Georgia Kraemer at 303-863-1733 or email her at Georgia.kraemer@sdaco.org for information or go to the SDA website: http://sdaco.org/events.htm