Today is Election Day. Chaffee County Clerk Lori Mitchell is reporting that as of last night, 8,603 ballots had been returned to the clerk’s office. 

If you have not returned your ballot, drop it off in person. Do not mail your ballot, postmarks do not count. Voters can visit a vote center or come to the election office to get a ballot or drop off a ballot.   

The Salida vote center at the Scout Hut, the Buena Vista vote center at the Community Center, and the Poncha Springs vote center at the Fairgrounds are open today from 7 am to 7 pm. 

Colorado voters can visit GoVoteColorado.gov to register to vote or update their voter registration, find their local county clerk, sign up to track their ballot and find accurate election information.

Election results will begin at 7pm tonight on your favorite Heart of the Rockies Radio Station. We will be focusing on area municipal and county elections. Here is the tally sheet we will be using tonight:

Salida Ballot Issues 

2A – Increases the annual short term rental license to $1,000 for affordable housing     

For __________  Against __________ 

2B – Increases lodging tax on short term rentals from 4.82 per day to $15 for affordable housing     

For __________  Against __________ 

2C – Should the City of Salida give the Community Center back to Salida Senior Citizens Inc.    

 For __________  Against __________ 

2D – Should the Salida Bottling Company project proceed     

For __________  Against __________ 

Chaffee County 

County Commissioner District 3 

  • P.T. Wood (D)
  • Adriane Kuhn (U)
  • Brandon Becker (R)

Clerk and Recorder  

  • Lori Mitchell I (D)
  • Elaine Allamang (WI)

Chaffee County Ballot Measures 

1A For ___________  Against __________ 

1B For ___________  Against __________ 

6A For ___________  Against __________ 

Park County  

County Commissioner 

  • Ashley Girodo
  • David Wissel

County Clerk 

  • Milena “Mel” Kassel I (R) 
  • Theresa Lynn Gilliland (D) 

County Treasurer  

  • Amy Flint (R) 
  • Jim Stockbridge (D) 

County Sheriff 

  • Mark Noel (D) 
  • Tom McGraw I (R) 

County Coroner  

  • Gwendolyn Morgan (D) 
  • David Kintz Jr (R) 

Park County Issue 1A – Would increase sales tax by 1% to benefit law enforcement  

For __________ Against __________ 

Park County Issue 1B – Would raise Short Term rental fees by 2% to provide housing for seasonal workforce and tourism related employees along with tourism marketing 

For __________ Against __________ 

Park County Issue 1C – Would increase County Commissioner term limits from 2 to 3

For __________ Against ___________ 

Northwest Fire Protection District Issue 6A – Would increase property taxes by 2 mills to benefit fire protection in the district  

For __________ Against __________ 

Lake County  

County Clerk  

  • Tracy Lauritzen (D)  
  • Kristol Hewlett (R)  
  • Tina Tekansik (U)  

County Assessor  

  • Stephanie McBride (R)  
  • Miguel Martinez (D)  

County Sheriff  

  • Heath Speckman (R)  
  • Hal Edwards (D)  
  • Lare Ferguson (U)

Custer County  

County Commissioner  

  • William Canda I (R) 
  • Deb Adams (U)  

County Coroner  

  • Bradford Lewis Balzly (R) 
  • Russell Johnson (U) 

Federal Offices 

U.S. Senator  

  • Michael Bennet I (D) 
  • Joe O’Dea  (R)  

Congress District 7  

  • Brittany Pettersen (D)  
  • Erik Aadland (R)  

State Offices

Governor 

  • Jared Polis I (D) 
  • Heidi Ganahl (R)  

Secretary of State  

  • Jena Griswald I (D) 
  • Pam Anderson (R) 

State Treasurer 

  • Dave Young (D) 
  • Lang Sias (R) 

Attorney General 

  • Phil Wieser (D) 
  • John Kellner (R) 

State Senate District 4  

  • Mark Baisley (R) 
  • Jeff Savage (D) 

State Representative District 13 

  • Julie McCluskie (D) 
  • David Buckley (R) 

State Representative District 60 

  • Kathryn Green (D)
  • Stephanie Luck (R)

State Ballot Measures 

Amendment F – Would allow more non-profits to run bingo raffles as fundraisers 

For___________  Against ___________ 

Proposition FF – Would provide free school lunches to a  public school students   

For___________   Against ___________ 

Proposition GG – All tax questions would have to clearly show tax cut/increase effects them   

For __________  Against ___________ 

Proposition 121 – Would reduce the state tax rate from 4.55% to 4.40%    

For__________  Against __________ 

Proposition 122 – Would legalize certain psychedelic substances for medicinal purposes    

For __________  Against __________ 

Proposition 123 – Would set aside existing revenue for affordable housing programs   

For __________   Against __________ 

Proposition 124 – Allows an increase in the number of retail liquor store licenses    

For __________  Against __________ 

Proposition 125 – Allows Grocery and Convenience stores to sell wine  

For __________  Against __________ 

Proposition 126 – Would allow for the third-party delivery of alcoholic beverages   

For ___________  Against __________