Ballots already pouring in for upcoming Colorado Springs election

COLORADO SPRINGS – Even after last week’s blizzard, ballots for the upcoming April election are pouring in.

As of Friday, the clerk said nearly 6,900 ballots have already been returned.

“It usually starts off a little slow,” said City Clerk, Sarah Johnson. “As you can imagine, we’re a little bit behind, like I said, because of the blizzard. Mail delivery was delayed on both sides and those kinds of things, but we’re right about where we usually are.”

If you’re mailing in your ballot, you need to have those in the mail this week to be a 100 percent sure it is in the office in time.

All ballots have to be returned by 7 p.m. on April 2nd.

Learn more about the candidates and the issue on the ballot, visit our Election Watch page.

The city will host an election on Tuesday, April 2nd to select a Mayor and three At-large City Council members for the next 4 years.

Candidates had from January 2nd to the 22nd to file their application to be on this year’s ballot. The drawing order their names will appear on the ballot was determined on January 25th.

The following is a list of candidates as they appear on the ballot. Municipal elections are non-partisan.

Mayor:

• Lawrence Martinez – contact information – Campaign Finance
• John Suthers – contact information – Campaign Finance
• John Pitchford – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Juliette Parker – contact information – Campaign Finance

At-Large City Council (3 seats on council):

• Gordon Klingenschmitt – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Bill Murray – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Val Snider – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Wayne Williams – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Tony Gioia – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Terry Martinez – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Regina English – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Tom Strand – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Randy Tuck – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Athena Roe – contact information – Campaign Finance
• Dennis Spike – contact information – Campaign Finance
• John Pitchford – *withdrew from the race*

Issues:

Issue 1: Collective Bargaining for All Uniformed Fire Department Employees

Read a full write-up on this issue from News5’s Zach Thaxton – here.

As with all elections in Colorado, ballots will be mailed to every eligible active voter within city limits. The latest estimate shows 300,000 such voters in Colorado Springs.

The first ballots will be mailed out to military and overseas voters by February 19th. The remainder of the ballots will begin to go out from the City Clerk’s Office on March 8th and no later than March 18th.

Ballot counting will begin on March 18th and continue to election day April 2nd, and to the deadline to receive military and overseas ballots on April 10th.

Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights notices about the collective bargaining issue will be mailed out by March 1st.

Ballot Drop-Off Locations and Hours of Operation: