Inform Your Vote: Meet the Candidates

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Have questions about the upcoming Denver City Elections? The following information, just in from our Council District #10 office, aims to inform voters about the upcoming Denver Municipal Elections on May 3. And remember: Voter Registration Deadline is April 4.

With Denver’s Municipal Election fast approaching and the ballot set, Denver Decides, a community partnership for accessible and transparent election is announcing its lineup of neighborhood based candidate events. Beginning Tuesday, March 22, 2011, the member groups of Denver Decides have public events scheduled that put candidates face-to-face in forums around the city. Each program in the community series will be recorded by the City of Denver’s Municipal Access TV Station, Denver 8 TV, and shown on the channel up until Election Day.

The public is invited to attend and inform their own votes as they will have an opportunity hear directly from the candidates at these events. Every four years Denver elects all City Officers including Mayor, Clerk, Auditor and all 13 City Council members, two of whom hold citywide seats.  This election features open contests for Denver’s Mayor, Clerk, the two At-Large Council seats and three City Council Districts. The Auditor and three other Council incumbents face challengers, while five current councilpersons are running unopposed.

The Denver Decides partnership furthers its access to candidates by sponsoring free TV time for all candidates. Each candidate was given the opportunity to record an unedited campaign message directly addressing Denver voters. These will be two-minute introductory speeches are assembled together within their respective races and will also be shown on Denver 8 TV beginning in April.

Here is the complete listing of events:
April 5: Mayor- Museum of Nature and Science (2001 Colorado Blvd) at 6pm.
April 7: City Council District 5 and City Council At-Large- Palmer Elementary (995 Grape St. at 7 pm.
April 12: Mayor- Tivoli Student Union (900 Auraria Parkway) at 6:30pm.
April 13: Council Districts 1 & 9- Oriental Theater (4335 w. 44th Ave.) at 6 pm.
April 21: Mayor- Coors Field, Right Field Club Level at 5:30 pm

Can’t Attend? View on the Web
All Events and Candidate Introductions will be available on the Web as streamed videos through the Denver video portal on Denvergov.org. Denver 8 provides streaming video of Denver 8 TV programming. View the channel live as it is scheduled, or watch a wide variety of videos on demand via the Web or on your smart phone or device for convenient access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Denver Decides will also launch its website in April http://www.DenverDecides.org and all TV schedule information and elections links can be found at http://www.DenverGov.org/Denver8TV.

Voter Registration Deadline is April 4: Make sure your address is current for the May 3 Municipal General Election

Voters can visit http://www.GoVoteColorado.com and use an online form to register to vote, change their address, or verify their information.  Alternatively, voters can call the Elections Division to verify their information, or they can go to http://www.DenverVotes.org and download a paper form that can be used to register to vote or change their address.  The paper form can be returned by fax to 720-913-8600, scanned and e-mailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or mailed to or dropped off at 200 W. 14th Ave., Suite 100, Denver, CO 80204.

Voters needing more information can visit the Denver Elections Division website at http://www.DenverVotes.org or call 311.