Contact:    Lori Gordon    |    970-479-2279    |     lgordon@vailrec.com   
Application for Mail-In Ballot        |   Voter Registration Information

Vail Park and Recreation District’s (VRD) special district election will take place Tuesday, May 4 in which voters will seat three directors to the VRD board to serve a four-year term. Four candidates, John Donovan and incumbents Joe Hanlon, Rick Sackbauer and Ken Wilson, are running for the three board of director seats.

April 5 is the last day to register as a Colorado voter for the May 4 regular special district election. Eligible voters include:
• Property owners within the VRD, who are registered to vote in the State of Colorado, this includes property owners who own within the VRD but live elsewhere in Colorado (Please note: to be eligible a property must be held in an individual name not a partnership, corporation or trust.)
• A resident of the VRD
• A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property in the VRD and an eligible voter in Colorado
• The spouse of someone who is the owner of taxable real or personal property within the boundaries of the VRD and an eligible voter in Colorado

Mail-in voting requests are now being taken in writing at the VRD administration office. The final day to request a mail-in ballot is April 27 if the ballot is to be mailed. The final day for walk-in mail in ballot requests is April 30.

Voters will cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. election day at the Town of Vail Municipal Building, 75 South Frontage Road. The newly-elected winners will join board of directors Jeff Wiles and Michelle Hall whose terms run to May 2012. A chairperson and secretary treasurer will be elected from among the board of directors and each will serve a two year post.

The VRD is a special district and is separate from the Town of Vail. It operates programs at the Vail Golf Club, Vail Tennis Center, Dobson Ice Arena, Vail Gymnastics Center, Vail Nature Center, Vail Nordic Center, and intramural sports and children’s camps.