Golden, Colorado Public Records

Registration requires a valid Colorado driver's license or ID card, though voters can also register in person, by mail, or during early voting and Election Day through same-day registration. The city conducts municipal elections in odd-numbered years for Mayor (four-year term) and City Council members (four-year staggered terms), with the next municipal election scheduled for November 2025. Candidate filings and local ballot measures are managed by the Golden City Clerk at 911 10th Street, (303) 384-8000. Residents vote at polling locations assigned by residential address, which can be found using the voter lookup tool at https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/pub/olvr/findVoterReg.xhtml or by contacting Jefferson County Elections. Colorado is a universal mail ballot state where all active registered voters automatically receive mail ballots approximately 22 days before each election. Voters may return ballots by mail (no postage required, must be postmarked by Election Day), at 24-hour ballot drop boxes located throughout Jefferson County (including multiple locations in the area), at voter service and polling centers during early voting (typically starting 15 days before the election), or at polling locations on Election Day. In the November 2024 presidential election, Jefferson County recorded approximately 72% voter turnout with over 390,000 ballots cast from approximately 540,000 active registered voters. The November 3, 2026 general election will include critical races for Colorado voters including one U.S. Senate seat (Class II), all four of Colorado's U.S. House of Representatives seats, Colorado Governor and other statewide constitutional officers (Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer), State Senate and State House districts, Jefferson County Commissioner seats, and potentially county offices including Sheriff, Clerk and Recorder, Assessor, and Treasurer depending on term schedules. Election records publicly accessible in Colorado include voter registration statistics (but not individual registration details which are protected), campaign finance reports searchable at https://tracer.sos.colorado.gov/, candidate and committee filings, ballot measure text and fiscal impact statements, and detailed precinct-level election results available at https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/ after each election. The Jefferson County Elections Office provides voter registration lists to campaigns and political parties in accordance with Colorado law, and maintains transparency through public test and accuracy testing of voting equipment before each election.