Facts about Colorado elections

Rules for determining residence for voting purposes:

Your residential address determines what you are eligible to vote on for elections.

• If your residential address is the City limits of Sterling, you would be eligible to vote for the City of Sterling candidates and questions.

• If your residential address is outside of the City of Sterling, you would not be eligible to vote for the City of Sterling candidates or questions.

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 hone 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.

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 purposes.

• Mail Service Boxes are NEVER acceptable as a residence purpose.

Need to update your address information?

• Go to www.govotecolorado.gov.

• Stop by the office 315 Main Street Suite 3, Sterling, CO 80751.

• Call us and we can mail you a form to fill out.

The Election and Recording Department can be reached at 970522-1544 for voter and election questions or recording information. The Motor Vehicle Department can be reached at 970-5221158 for license plates/ renewals or titling a vehicle. You can also reach our office by email at baconp@ logancountyco.gov.

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