General Voting Information

Quick Links

• See your current elected officials with this handy tool on this site: 
  • By address or....
  • ALL elected officials serving Jefferson County residents.
• Address Wizard at Clerk and Recorder website (opens on Clerk's site)

  This is a similar tool as above.

• Voter Registration -- Sign up or Edit your record (opens on Sec of State site)
  • Change your party affiliation
  • Choose to vote by mail-in ballot (either permanently or just for the next election)
  • Change your address
  • Register to vote
  • MAIL-IN BALLOT APPLICATION(PDF)

If you are currently registered to vote in Colorado, you may use this form to apply for or change your permanent mail-in voter status or update your name, address, or political party affiliation. Download this form if you prefer to do this on paper.  We think it is faster and easier to do it online though.

• Jeffco's Voter Information page (opens in new window)
  Other information about voting in Jefferson County
• Electoral College Information

2013 Elections

Across the country because it is an odd-numbered year, people will be voting in School Board and Municipal Elections, and in some cases voting on ballot initiatives.

The official election day is Nov. 5, 2013.

What will be on YOUR 2013 Ballot?

In Jefferson County, Colorado, the county will mail you a ballot (no polling places in odd-year elections). This "Coordinated Election" will be for these items:

• Ballot Initiatives (if any)
• Jefferson County Board of Education
• Elections for municipalities who choose to put their elections on the "Coordinated Election" ballot. We will know by early June which municipalities those will be.  They will likely be:
• Arvada
• Edgewater
• Golden
• Lakewood
• Littleton
• Westminster
• Wheat Ridge

NOTE: Other municipalities in Jeffco may hold elections, but they will not be conducted via the Coordinated Election ballot Jeffco sends out.

Mail-in-ballot ONLY for those Municipalities on the "Coordinated Election" Ballot

The “coordinated election” is run by Jefferson County and will be held by mail-in ballot only; no polling places. All active registered voters in Jefferson County will get a mail in ballot; i.e. you are not required to select the “permanent mail-in ballot” option in your Voter Registration. You will receive the ballot around Oct. 15, and it must be in the county’s hands by Nov. 5, the official date of the election. You can mail it in (regular 46 cents stamp) or drop it off at any of a number of official drop-off sites (opens in new window).

Voter Eligibility

Every Jeffco registered voter is eligible to vote in the School Board election, even if the Board seat being elected is not in one’s School Board District; i.e. we vote “at-large.” The municipal elections vary. First, you must be a resident of a municipality to vote in its election. Second, in some cities one must be a resident of a particular district (ward) to vote for a particular city council seat. (See each city’s race for that detail.) And finally, you must be an "active" voter to receive a ballot in the mail. If you do not receive your ballot by October 21st, contact the Clerk and Recorder to determine if your status is "inactive."  If you have already been notified that your status is "inactive" but haven't cleared the issue up, you will need to do so before you can vote.  The last day to register to vote is Monday, Oct. 7, 2013.

More Information

• These are all non-partisan races, meaning the candidates do not first get elected in a political party’s primary race.
• Jeffco School Board and municipal elections are always held in the odd-numbered years.
• Jeffco has been holding the odd-numbered year election by “mail-in ballot-only” since 1993.
• Jeffco has a very detailed 2013 Election Calendar (opens in new window) if you are interested.