Garfield Re-2 Policies

Registered voters of the district elect directors to the Board of Education at regular school elections held on the first Tuesday of November in each odd-numbered year.  At every other biennial election, two directors are elected; at the other biennial election, three directors are elected.

The Board has adopted, and the district electorate has approved, a director district plan of representation whereby directors are elected from director districts.  However, all directors are voted upon at large by electors of the entire school district.

Two directors are elected in a biennial election representing respectively director districts A and E.  In the subsequent biennial election, three members are elected from director districts B, C, and D.  For example, in 2005, two members were elected from director districts A and E, and in 2007, three directors were elected from director districts B, C, and D.

The county clerk and recorder are responsible for conducting the regular biennial school election.  The election shall be conducted pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the district and the county clerk and recorder.  The agreement shall allocate responsibilities between the county clerk and the district for the preparation and conduct of the election and shall be signed no less than 60 days prior to the election.  The Board shall designate a school election official to whom some election responsibilities may be delegated pursuant to the agreement.

Candidates are nominated in the manner prescribed by law.  Nomination petitions shall be filed no later than 67 days before the election.  In accordance with state law, candidates for school district directors shall file a candidate affidavit with the county clerk’s office and submit reports on contributions and expenditures during the campaign.

Any person registered as a district elector may vote.  Voter qualifications are the same as those for voting in general elections.

The election may be conducted by mail ballot in accordance with state law and rules promulgated by the secretary of state. The county clerk will determine whether the election will be conducted by mail or as a polling place election.

If 63 days before the election, there is only one candidate for each position to be filled (including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-ins), the Board by resolution, may instruct the designated election official to cancel the election and declare the candidates elected, pursuant to state law.

Adopted: August 1994

Revised: September 9, 1997

Revised:  September 25, 2007

Reviewed: January 9, 2018

LEGAL REFS.: C.R.S. 1-1-101 through 1-13-108 et seq. (Uniform Election Code of 1992)

C.R.S. 1-45-101 et seq. (Campaign Reform Act of 1974)

C.R.S. 22-31-101 et seq.

Garfield School District No. Re-2, Rifle, Colorado