Ten candidates – including three incumbents – are vying for five open seats on the Durango School District 9-R Board of Directors. A sixth seat, District D, is open but no one is running for it. The seventh seat is held by Kristi Rodri, who represents District A; she is not up for re-election.
Also on the ballot is a proposal to shrink the board from seven members to five, and statewide ballot initiative 3A, which will determine whether public education in Colorado gets more funding.
Ballots will be mailed to registered voters beginning Oct. 15. They must be returned or dropped off at an official drop-off location no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5. Meet the school board candidates through their answers to questions posed by The Durango Herald.
How and when to vote
Election Day is Nov. 5. Registered voters will receive ballots by mail, which will be sent out starting Oct. 15. If registered voters don't receive a ballot by Oct. 21, they should call 382-6296.
Ballots must be received at an official location no later than 7 p.m. Nov. 5. Postmarks will not count.
Polling stations will be at the following locations:
La Plata County Clerk and Recorder's Office, 98 Everett St., Suite C, open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday from Oct. 15 to Oct. 25.
The county clerk's office at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
Bayfield Town Hall, 1199 Bayfield Parkway in Bayfield, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 28, 29, 30, 31 and Nov. 1 and 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 2, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 5.
Several ballot drop-off locations will be throughout the county.
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Herald Staff
