Down to the wire if you haven't returned your Special Election ballot
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The deadline for Colorado Springs' Special election is coming up on Tuesday, June 17.
All Ballots are due by 7.p.m. on Tuesday.
'The most important thing is if you want to have a voice. We all know everybody has an opinion because we hear it all the time, right? So, the way to make it really heard is to vote that ballot,' said Sarah Johnson, the City Clerk for Colorado Springs.
There is only one question on this ballot, and that is whether to give the go-ahead to the city to approve the Karman Line annexation, which would add 1,800 acres of land west of Schriever Space Force Base. The annexation has plans to have 6,5000 home built on the new land.
The deadline for mail-in ballots has passed, but you can still drop yours off at any of the City's drop box locations. You can also track the ballot counts as they come in on the City's website.
Some in the community have reported that their ballot envelope came pre-sealed. The city thinks that the humid weather lately may have caused the glue to melt. Officials recommend taping the envelope shut or mailing it in an envelope of your own, you just need to make sure that you sign the back so they can verify that it is your ballot.
'We verify signatures. That's how we know that you actually cast that ballot, and that's how we do it. It's based upon the signature on your voter registration file, which could be the last time you got your driver's license… It can be the last time you voted,' Johnson said. 'There's a series of signature images to compare to… So cutting up the envelope will have absolutely no effect to how we can verify that signature.'
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CBS News
9 minutes ago
- CBS News
Colorado, Boulder officials answer community concerns on immigration, wildfires and more
Saturday, officials from the State of Colorado, Boulder County, and Boulder Police took time to listen to their constituents and answer questions they had. "It's no secret that we had a lot going on in Boulder. We know what's going on in the country," said Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn. State representative Junie Joseph hosted the town hall and said there is a lot on the minds of Boulderites. "Conversation about public safety, there's a lot of conversation when it comes to immigration, wildfires and the unhoused," said Joseph. CBS They were joined by Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson and Boulder County Chief Deputy District Attorney Christian Gardner-Wood at the Canyon Theater inside the Boulder Public Library. "This was a forum and an opportunity for community members to come and ask questions and discuss issues that are most important to them," said Joseph. Dozens of people asked about issues affecting their community, especially public safety, in light of the recent terrorist attack on the Pearl Street Mall. Redfearn says they are working hard to prevent crime and violence, but their most valuable tool in that endeavor is an engaged public. "See something, say something is still true. We don't know the communities, we don't know your block like you do. And so, we just want people to know that 24/7 we want to hear and see from you," said Redfearn. The conversation was an hour and a half, but very easily could have gone longer. Officials say taking part in opportunities like this will help them better serve the public "It's always beneficial. We want to be accessible and not some guy in an office somewhere that's not willing to take questions," said Redfearn. "It's not easy to have those really, really tough discussions, because sometimes as elected officials, we don't have the answer, but they need to know that we are here, we hear them and we are in the trenches with them, and we will continue to fight to support and advocate for our community," said Joseph.
Associated Press
14 minutes ago
- Associated Press
Longtime State Department spokesman, diplomat Richard Boucher, dies at 73
WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as the spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, has died at age 73, according to friends and family. He died on Thursday in a hospital in northern Virginia after a battle with an aggressive form of cancer, according to two people close to his family. Boucher had been the face of U.S. foreign policy at the State Department podium across administrations throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, beginning in the George H.W. Bush presidency and continuing through Bill Clinton's and George W. Bush's terms in office. Boucher served as the spokesman for secretaries of state James Baker, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. In a career that took him from the Peace Corps though Africa and Asia as well as in Washington, Boucher also served as U.S. Consul General Hong Kong during the 1997 handover of the territory from Britain to China, and later used the skills he learned there to help orchestrate an end to the U.S.-China spy plane crisis in early 2001. After leaving the spokesman's job, Boucher became assistant secretary of state for state for South and Central Asia and was then ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Retired veteran CBS journalist Charles Wolfson, who worked with Boucher for years, lauded him as an effective State Department spokesman but also a valued professional colleague and friend. 'He was a superb diplomat, an excellent spokesman and an even better human being,' Wolfson said.
Fox News
28 minutes ago
- Fox News
US Golden Dome defense system could come sooner than expected, contractor says
All times eastern FOX News Radio Live Channel Coverage WATCH LIVE: Senate convenes over President Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'
