{"id":127655,"date":"2020-10-14T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T22:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=127655"},"modified":"2020-10-14T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T22:54:16","slug":"uccs-to-serve-as-voting-service-and-polling-center-for-2020-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=127655","title":{"rendered":"UCCS to serve as voting service and polling center for 2020 general election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0418-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"The United States and Colorado flags fly in the wind.\" class=\"wp-image-119658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0418-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0418-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>The United States and Colorado flags outside of Main Hall during summer. Photo by Savannah Waggoner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters in El Paso County will be able to register and cast votes for the 2020 general election Oct. 19-Nov. 3 at the Ent Center for the Arts on the UCCS campus. The UCCS site will be one of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/batchgeo.com\/map\/6c46376cecea953e5357c97320226aec\">multiple locations in the county<\/a>\u00a0operated by the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voting on campus Oct. 19-Nov. 3<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The voting service and polling center will be located in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater at the<a href=\"https:\/\/map.uccs.edu\/?action=find&amp;arrayid=b&amp;id=261\"> Ent Center for the Arts<\/a>. Voters can enter through the main entrance on the east side of the Ent Center. Parking is free in lot 576 to the east and in lots 571 and 572 to the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The voting service and polling center will be open Oct. 19-23 and Oct. 26-31 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center will be open Nov. 2-3 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mail-in ballot drop-off locations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters can mail in their ballots, drop them off at the voting service and polling centers, or use one of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/batchgeo.com\/map\/6c46376cecea953e5357c97320226aec\">37 secure drop-off boxes<\/a>, including one near the southwest entrance to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/map.uccs.edu\/?action=find&amp;arrayid=b&amp;id=173\">University Center<\/a>. During the 2019 general election, it was the most popular drop-off location in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Election resources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colorado citizens are among the most engaged voters in the country, with a turnout rate of 72.1 percent in the 2016 general election. Both the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/clerkandrecorder.elpasoco.com\/elections\/#1572280981550-d8f6301d-06be\">El Paso County Clerk and Recorders Office<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.co.us\/pubs\/elections\/main.html?menuheaders=5\">Colorado Secretary of State<\/a>&nbsp;provide in-depth resources for voters on how to participate in the election process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Voters in El Paso County will be able to register and cast votes for the 2020 general election Oct. 19-Nov. 3 at the Ent Center for the Arts on the UCCS campus.  <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=127655\" title=\"UCCS to serve as voting service and polling center for 2020 general election\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":119658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[332],"class_list":["post-127655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-more-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0418.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-xcX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127660,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127655\/revisions\/127660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}