ELECTION NEWS: Prowers County Clerk & Recorder

Rules for Determining Residency for voting purposes:

C.R.S. 1-2-102 (1) (a) The residence of a person is the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. A principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which a person’s habitation if fixed and to which that person, whenever absent has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence, regardless of the duration of the absence. You must have a residential address to register to vote. Once you establish a residence, it exists until you establish a new residence elsewhere and notify the election division of that change.

A residence is a permanent building or part of a building and may include a house, condominium, apartment, room in a house, or mobile home. No vacant lot or business address shall be considered a residence. A mail service business cannot be used for a residence address. A mail service business can ONLY be used for a mailing address.

(II) (c) The residence given for voting purposes shall be the same as the residence given for motor vehicle registration and for state income tax purposes.

Note: For voter registration, you may not have more than one residence. Your residential address determines what you are eligible to vote on for elections.

For example:

• If your residential address is within the City limits of Lamar you would be eligible to vote on the City of Lamar’s ballot questions and candidates.
• If your residential address is outside of the City limits of Lamar you are NOT eligible to vote on any City of Lamar’s ballot questions and candidates.

Can a post office box be used or a mail service box be used as a mailing address for voter registration purposes?

• Yes. Post office boxes and mail service boxes are ONLY acceptable as a mailing address. Meaning, that if a homeless voter uses a physical location that does not have a mailing address (such as a park), he/she may provide a post office as a mailing address.

• Post office boxes, are NEVER acceptable for residence addresses.
• Mail Service Boxes, are NEVER acceptable as a residence address.

Need to update your address information?

• Go to www.govotecolorado.gov
• Stop by the County Clerk’s office at 301 S. Main St., Ste. 210, Lamar, CO
• Call us at 719-336-8011

Additional Election information:

Colorado Secretary of State

http://www.sos.state.co.us/

Register to Vote on-line, check voting status, check ballot

www.govotecolorado.gov

Colorado General Assembly

http://leg.colorado.gov/

Colorado Secretary of State Campaign Finance

http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/CampaignFinance/home.html

United States Election Assistance Commission

http://www.eac.gov/

Federal Voting Assistance Program

http://www.fvap.gov/

Overseas Vote Foundation

http://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/

Federal Election Commission

http://www.fec.gov/

For questions concerning Elections, contact the Prowers County Clerk’s Office at

719-336-8011 or election@prowerscounty.net