{"id":2456684,"date":"2020-04-02T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=323739"},"modified":"2020-04-02T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T04:45:00","slug":"basalt-officials-urge-residents-to-get-their-ballots-turned-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/basalt-officials-urge-residents-to-get-their-ballots-turned-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Basalt officials urge residents to get their ballots turned in"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basalt residents are urged to use the ballot drop box outside of Basalt Town Hall for Tuesday’s election. The drop box is available 24\/7.<\/strong>
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Basalt town government officials are urging voters to submit their ballots as soon as possible rather than wait until the last minute.<\/p>\n

The best way to make sure a ballot is counted is to return it to the drop box on the north side of Town Hall, off of Midland Spur. The drop box is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week. All ballots must be received by Town Clerk Pam Schilling by 7 p.m. Tuesday. At this point, ballots will not reach her in time by mail.<\/p>\n

The town\u2019s vendor mailed 2,538 ballots March 16. Schilling said 512 ballots were returned as of April 1.<\/p>\n

So far, the turnout is slightly less than half of the turnout in the 2016 election that featured a hotly contested mayoral race. In that race, there were 1,099 ballots cast.<\/p>\n

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