Voters cast ballots at a polling location in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)Some Aurora voters got a ballot instructing them to choose one at-large City Council candidate. The problem is they are supposed to pick two.
The Aurora city clerk says the Adams County Clerk and Recorder’s Office is working with state elections officials to find a solution
Adams County elections officials sent ballots to Aurora voters asking them to choose just one of six at-large candidates for City Council.
But voters are actually supposed to be picking two.
Aurora City Clerk Stephen Ruge confirmed the error to The Colorado Sun on Wednesday morning and said he was working with Adams County’s Clerk and Recorder and the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office to try to remedy the issue.
It appears about 17,000 ballots were affected.
Ruger said the city became aware of the problem Tuesday evening. The earliest that ballots could be mailed out was Friday.
There are six people running for two at-large seats on Aurora’s City Council. They are Curtis Gardner, Angela Lawson, Martha Lugo, Thomas Mayes, Johnny Watson and Leanne Denise Wheeler.
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The at-large candidates are vying for four-year terms on the council.
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