Ballots for the 2025 Routt County coordinated election will start arriving in mailboxes on Oct. 10, according to Clerk and Recorder Jenny Thomas.

Voters may also receive additional ballots the same day for other local elections taking place. The final day to request a ballot by mail is Monday, Oct. 27. After that date, residents must visit the county’s polling center in person to vote or obtain a replacement ballot.

Routt County’s in-person polling center will be located in the Community Room of the Health and Human Services building (135 6th Street) in Steamboat Springs. 

The voter service and polling center will open Oct. 27 and operate Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Nov. 3. It will also open Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Ballots can be returned at any of the following locations during regular business hours:

• Hayden Town Hall — 178 W Jefferson Ave.
• Oak Creek Town Hall — 129 Nancy Crawford Blvd.
• Yampa Town Hall — 101 Main St.
• Clark Store — 54175 Routt County Road 129
• Routt County Clerk and Recorder’s Office — 522 Lincoln Ave., Suite 21

Two 24-hour drop boxes are also available — one outside the Combined Law Enforcement Facility building at 2025 Shield Drive and another behind the courthouse at 522 Lincoln Ave. Both are under video surveillance. Ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.

Voters are reminded to sign the return envelope, not the ballot itself, and only their own envelope. Anyone whose ballot signature is missing or doesn’t match will be contacted and may correct it within eight days after the election. Ballots not cured in time will be referred for investigation.

Initial election results will be posted on the Routt County website shortly after polls close at 7 p.m. Nov. 4, with an update released at 9 p.m. and another before the end of the night. Results will remain unofficial until auditing and canvassing are complete nine days after the election, when the final tally will be certified.

More election details, including sample ballots and voter instructions, are available inside the ballot envelope and on the Routt County elections page at co.routt.co.us/221/Elections.