UPDATE: 10:48 a.m., August 14, 2025 – Rifle motor vehicle office reopens at 1:30 p.m., August 14 The issue with the State of Colorado’s motor vehicle system has been resolved and the Rifle office reopens at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 14. August 11, 2025 – The State of Colorado’s motor vehicle system is down at the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Rifle due to the Lee Fire. The estimated time for repair is unknown, but the system is operational at the clerk’s office at the Garfield County Courthouse, 109 8th Street, Suite 200, in Glenwood Springs. Please

A protest was filed on March 11 to the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s Office regarding a community recall effort to remove Garfield County School District Re-2 Board of Education Director of District E Tony May from his seat. Garfield County has retained an independent officer, Ms. Sheila Reiner of Desert Vista Consulting, LLC, of Mesa County, to administer a protest hearing and decide whether the protest is valid and if a recall election will be scheduled. Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) 1-12-108 (9)(a)(II), the protest hearing is set for March 27, 2024, at 1 p.m., in the Garfield

A recall petition for Garfield County School District Re-2 Board of Education Director of District E Tony May has been determined sufficient by Garfield County Clerk and Recorder Jackie Harmon. Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) 1-12-105, Recall and vacancies in office, the number of valid signatures required for the petition is 2,038 and the total number valid signatures submitted is 2,441. No recall election can take place within 60 days of the Presidential Primary Election, which takes place this Tuesday, March 5. Per C.R.S. 1-12-108 (9) (a) (I), the verified recall petition is held as sufficient unless a “protest

The public is invited to an open house from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs. The elections department has a new space to call home and the community is invited to check it out. Light refreshments are being served. Elections

Garfield County has mailed 37,500 ballots to registered voters for the Tuesday, Nov. 7, Coordinated Election. Ballots were mailed to all military and overseas voters on Sept. 22. All returned ballots must be received by the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s Office or a designated drop box by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted – postmarks do not count. Voter Service and Polling Centers (VSPCs) are available in Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, and Parachute on Election Day, and 24/7 ballot drop boxes are now in place in every municipality in Garfield County. Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 30

Garfield County Clerk & Recorder’s office will have the following brief closure for the swearing in ceremony for newly elected Clerk & Recorder Elect Jackie Harmon. Continue reading Clerk & Recorder office closure

Garfield County has mailed 36,618 ballots for the 2022 General Election to all active registered voters. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8; voters who haven’t received their ballots by Oct. 24 should check their registration information at www.govotecolorado.gov. It is recommended that any voters who are returning ballots by mail do so no later than Nov. 1. Ballot drop-boxes are available beginning on Oct. 18 (87 percent of ballots in the June Primary Election were returned via drop boxes). Early voting is available at the community center in Glenwood Springs and Garfield County Fairgrounds in Rifle (South Hall) beginning on

Mail ballots for the Tuesday, June 28, Primary Election have been mailed to registered active voters in Garfield County. More than 38,000 ballots were delivered to the post office on Monday, June 6, and will be arriving at voters’ homes shortly. More information is available online. Election

Adjustments have been made to Garfield County’s precinct maps following input taken from the 2020 U.S. Census. There are 27 precincts in Garfield County, each with less than 2,000 voters apiece. The Garfield County Clerk’s Office has checked each registered voter to ensure they are in the correct precinct through the Statewide Voter Registration System (SCORE). “We checked the city, school district, fire district, recreation district, hospital district, so we can make sure voters are in the correct tax districts so they can vote on all the measures that may affect them,” Garfield County Clerk and Recorder Jean Alberico. The

The state of Colorado is implementing a new law that requires drivers to replace their old license plates with new ones that are more easily readable by law enforcement. License Plate Expiration on Change of Ownership Act of 2021 (SB21-069) is designed to aid police efforts during Amber Alerts or if law enforcement needs to read a vehicle’s license plate number in low-light situations to improve public safety. Improved reflectivity is extremely important for vehicles that have broken down on the side of the road so that other drivers see them in time to switch lanes. According to the Colorado

The 2021 Coordinated Election Day is Tuesday, November 2. Ballots must be received at a 24/7 ballot drop box, a Voting Service and Polling Center (VSPC), or the Garfield County Clerk’s offices in Glenwood Springs or Rifle by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.

The 2021 Coordinated Election takes place on Tuesday, November 2. Sample ballots are available for viewing and mail ballots are being sent out to voters on Friday, October 8.

An extension of the normal 30-day grace period for vehicle registrations in Colorado is ending on July 1, 2020. An executive order issued by Gov. Jared Polis in March granted the grace period, as well as waived the late fees during that time, for registrations that expired since January of this year. The Garfield County Clerk and Recorders Office has been working since offices closed to the public March 17, handling customers’ needs each day by email, mail and over the phone. Anyone with an expired motor vehicle or trailer registration must renew before 11:59 p.m. on June 30 to

More than 33,000 ballots are being mailed out on Monday, June 8, to all active registered voters in Garfield County for this month’s Primary Election. Colorado’s Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties are holding statewide primaries on Tuesday, June 30. Continue reading Primary Election ballots in the mail June 8

Colorado’s registered Democratic, Republican and unaffiliated voters are soon receiving ballots for the 2020 Presidential Primary Election. In 2016, voters supported Proposition 107 by a margin of 64 to 36 percent, returning the presidential primary to Colorado in presidential election years for the first time since 2000. Garfield County is mailing 32,289 ballots out on February 10 for the election, which takes place on “Super Tuesday,” March 3. Unaffiliated voters are receiving both Democratic and Republican ballots, though only one may be filled out and returned. If an unaffiliated voter returns more than one ballot, it is rejected and will

All ballots have been counted and certified in Garfield County in the 2019 Coordinated Election. More than 14,000 ballots were returned out of 37,342 that were mailed out, or 38.2 percent.

While many voters will brave uncertain weather to visit polling places November 2, at least 60% of Garfield County registered voters will sit comfortably in their armchairs at home after work or a busy day. That’s because an increasing percentage of the electorate has chosen to vote by mail-in ballot. October 26 is the deadline to request a mail-in ballot to be mailed, and October 29 is the deadline for registered voters to request a mail-in ballot in person. Preparing about 15,000 ballots for this group of voters is a large undertaking. Nearly a dozen election judges applied address labels

1. Mail in ballot (formerly known as Absentee) Complete the Mail-in Ballot Application and check one of the following options: Permanent Mail-in Ballot Option You will receive a ballot until: You cancel your permanent request A mail-in ballot is returned to the clerk’s office as undeliverable You fail to vote in a general election This Year Only Mail-in Ballot Option Deadlines: Request a ballot to be mailed no later than Tuesday before the election, 10/26/10 Pick up a mail-in ballot in person by 5 p.m. Friday before the election, 10/29/10 Return your voted mail-in ballot to the Garfield County Clerk’s

Voters with permanent mail-in status and voters who have already requested a mail-in ballot just for the November 2 general election should receive their ballots this week. All of these ballots were placed in the mail stream on Tuesday, October 12. If mail-in voters have not received their ballots by Monday, October 18, 2010, please contact the Garfield County Clerk’s Office at 384-3700, Option 2. Mail-in ballots will continue to be mailed on a daily basis as requested by voters. The last day to request a mail-in ballot be sent by mail is Tuesday, October 26, 2010. The last day