Press Release
City of Aspen runoff election ballots in the mail
Two council seats yet to be determined
Aspen, CO - Ballots have been mailed for the 2025 municipal election runoff on April 1, 2025.
Emily Kolbe, John Doyle, Christine Benedetti and Torre will be vying for two City Council seats after no candidate secured a majority in the initial election held on March 4, 2025. To win a council seat, candidates must earn 45% of votes cast, plus one.
Registered city of Aspen voters are able to vote by mail, in person or by dropping off their ballot in the drop box located outside of City Hall at 427 Rio Grande Place. Ballots dropped at the Pitkin County ballot box on Main Street may not be counted.
All ballots must be dropped off prior to 7 p.m. on Election Day, which is April 1. Mail-in ballots must be received by April 1.
In-person voting at City Hall will be available from March 17 to March 31, 2025, at the City Clerk’s office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. All in-person voters must bring a valid, government issued ID. In-person voting is open at City Hall from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Voters can register to vote at the Pitkin County Clerk and Recorders office at 530 E Main Street up to and on Election Day.
The City Clerk’s Office reminds voters that signing another person’s ballot is prohibited by Colorado state law and may result in legal punishment.
The statute reads: “Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any ballot before or after it has been cast, or who forges any name of a person as a signer or witness to a petition or nomination paper, or who forges any letter of acceptance, declination, or withdrawal, or who forges the name of a registered elector to a voter's mail-in or mail ballot commits forgery as set forth in section 18-5-102, C.R.S., and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.”
For more information about the runoff election, visit: www.aspen.gov/1431/2025-Municipal-Election.
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For more information, please contact:
Nicole Henning, City Clerk
970-429-2685
nicole.henning@aspen.gov
Madie Bailey, Communications Coordinator
970-309-1569
madie.bailey@aspen.gov