Mount Crested Butte, Colorado Public Records

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Registration must be completed eight days before election day for mail ballot delivery, though same-day registration remains available at voter service centers through election day itself. Voters must be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 years old by election day, and have lived in Colorado for at least 22 days. The Town of Mount Crested Butte holds municipal elections in April of odd-numbered years, with the next regular election set for April 2025. Residents elect a Mayor to a four-year term and Town Council members to four-year staggered terms, with three at-large council seats on the ballot. The Town Clerk maintains candidate petitions, ballot issue language, and campaign finance reports, posting them at mountcrestedbuttecolorado.us. Because the town is incorporated, residents participate in both municipal elections for local offices and county, state, and federal elections administered by the Gunnison County Clerk. Gunnison County operates Voter Service and Polling Centers where residents can vote in person. During the November 2024 general election, locations included the Gunnison County Courthouse and Western Colorado University. The county provides a polling place and ballot drop box locator at gunnisonco.gov/elections. Registered voters can return mail ballots via U.S. Mail (no postage required if mailed within Colorado), deposit them in 24-hour ballot drop boxes such as the one at Mount Crested Butte Town Hall at 911 Gothic Road, or vote in person at Voter Service Centers during early voting and on election day. Gunnison County reported approximately 73% voter turnout in the November 2024 presidential election, with roughly 9,800 ballots cast from approximately 13,500 active registered voters. The county has historically trended Democratic in presidential contests. For the November 3, 2026 general election, local voters will decide several significant races. Colorado does not have a U.S. Senate seat up that year, but the ballot will include Governor (Jared Polis's current term expires in 2027, making 2026 the gubernatorial race), all state House of Representatives seats (the town sits in Colorado House District 58), approximately half of the state Senate seats (District 5 covers Gunnison County with four-year terms), Gunnison County Commissioner seats (three commissioners serve staggered four-year terms), Gunnison County Sheriff, Gunnison County Clerk and Recorder, Gunnison County Assessor, Gunnison County Treasurer, and Gunnison County Coroner. Colorado's public election records include voter registration lists, available for purchase for political purposes under § 1-2-227, showing names, addresses, party affiliation, and vote history but never how someone actually voted. Campaign finance disclosures are accessible through the Colorado Secretary of State's TRACER database at tracer.sos.colorado.gov, displaying contributions and expenditures for state and local candidates. Also public are candidate filings and petitions, precinct-level election results posted by the Gunnison County Clerk after certification, and ballot issue texts with fiscal impact statements. Individual ballot secrecy is protected absolutely. The Gunnison County Clerk publishes unofficial election results on election night and certifies final results within approximately two weeks.