{"id":74817,"date":"2020-02-11T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ballots-mailed-for-colorados-presidential-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:35:54","slug":"ballots-mailed-for-colorados-presidential-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ballots-mailed-for-colorados-presidential-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballots mailed for Colorado\u2019s presidential primary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Journal file<br><br>Colorado\u2019s first presidential primary election in 20 years will be conducted via mail-in ballots. Ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. March 3. After Feb. 21, Montezuma County Clerk and Recorder Kim Percell recommends voters return their ballots to one of four drop-off ballot boxes in the county.<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

More than 16,000 ballots went out Monday to active voters in Montezuma County for Colorado\u2019s first presidential primary in 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already getting some back,\u201d said Montezuma County Clerk and Recorder Kim Percell.<\/p>\n

The presidential contest will be the only race on the ballot. A separate primary for the federal state and local offices will be conducted June 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be busy this year,\u201d Percell said. \u201cWe have the presidential primary, then the primary in June for the other offices and in between we have a municipal election. So we\u2019ll have elections in March, April and June.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cortez municipal election, in which 14 candidates are seeking five open City Council seats, will be April 7.<\/p>\n

All elections in Colorado are now conducted with mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n

Percell said this is the first time a separate primary has been held with only the presidential race on the ballot, and she\u2019s unsure what that means for turnout.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d like to have 100%,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201cBut turnout has been good since we went to mail-in ballots. It has helped. Families will get together and discuss the issues. They will have a dinner or a family event and discuss everything and fill out their ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorado will be one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, dubbed Super Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Democratic and Republican voters will receive ballots for their respective parties. Unaffiliated voters will receive both parties\u2019 ballots. Unaffiliated voters are allowed to submit a ballot for only one party and discard the other; otherwise their vote is not counted.<\/p>\n

In Montezuma County, Percell mailed 3,480 ballots to Democrats, 7,163 ballots to Republicans and 5,886 ballots to unaffiliated voters.<\/p>\n

Voters should mail their ballots by Feb. 21 to ensure they have enough time in the mail to be received by the Clerk\u2019s Office for the 7 p.m. March 3 deadline for the presidential primary election.<\/p>\n

From Feb. 22 to March 3, ballots should be dropped off at one of four ballot boxes. Ballot boxes are located at:<\/p>\n

Dolores Town Hall, 420 Central Ave.<\/em>Mancos Town Hall, 117 N. Main St.<\/em>Montezuma County Clerk and Recorder\u2019s Office, 140 W. Main St., Cortez.<\/em>Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Headquarters, 124 Mike Wash Road, in Towaoc.<\/em>If voters don\u2019t receive a ballot in the next week, they should visit the Clerk\u2019s Office for a replacement.<\/p>\n

Percell said many people move and forget to update their address, and those ballots will be returned as undeliverable. They cannot be forwarded to a new address, she said.<\/p>\n

Voters can also go to the Clerk\u2019s Office for a new ballot if they ruin the one sent in the mail or if they change their mind about their vote.<\/p>\n

parmijo@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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