Criteria for Selecting a Vote Center Site
Below are some of the legal and practical considerations the County Clerk's office uses when determining the location of a Vote Center in Larimer County.
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Benefits of the Vote Center Model
Vote Centers afford voters the convenience of appearing at any Vote Center in the county to cast a ballot that contains every race and issue on which he/she is entitled to vote. Vote Centers enable election officials to reduce the number of polling places from the traditional precinct sites to a smaller, more manageable number of sites.
Vote Center History
The Vote Center Model was first envisioned by Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Scott Doyle in 2003. In 2002, the United States 107th Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which was signed into law in November of the same year. HAVA provided the new legal framework for voting accessibility in the United States. The Vote Center Model came about in response to implementing the new requirements of HAVA as well as a vision of a more efficient, consistent voting system.
Vote Center Defined
In the State of Colorado, "Vote Center" is defined as "a polling place at which any registered elector in the political subdivision holding the election may vote, regardless of the precinct in which the elector resides" (Colorado Revised Statutes 1-4-104 (49.8)).
The Vote Center Model affords the voter the convenience of appearing at any Vote Center in the political subdivision to cast a ballot which contains every race and issue on which he or she is entitled to vote.
Simply stated, "With Vote Centers, there is no wrong place to vote!"
History of Vote Centers
The Larimer County Elections Department is proud to be the pioneer of the Vote Center Model. Larimer County successfully used Vote Centers for our 2003 Coordinated Election, both the Primary and General Elections in 2004, the 2005 Coordinated Election, both the Primary and General Elections in 2006, and both the Primary and General Elections in 2008.
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