Election Info

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

§ 1-13.5-501, C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of Independence Overlay Metropolitan District (the “District”), Elbert County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election for the District will be held on May 2, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.  At that time two (2) directors will be elected for the District.   Two (2) directors will serve 4-year terms of Office.

Eligible electors of the District interested in serving on the board of directors for the District may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from Dianne Miller, the Designated Election Official of the District, from the District website  https://independenceoverlaymd.colorado.gov   Email the completed Self-Nomination form to: elections@ddmalaw.com, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on regular business days.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms, or letters which meet the requirements of § 1-13.5-501, C.R.S., are to be returned to the Designated Election Official not less than sixty-seven (67) days prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 24, 2023. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. A person who wishes to be a write-in candidate shall file an affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate with the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the sixty-fourth (64th) day before the election, which date is Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for and return of absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the election, which date is Friday, April 28, 2023.

INDEPENDENCE OVERLAY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/Dianne Miller, Designated Election Official

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