Call for Nominations for School Directors
Yuma School District-1
Yuma County, Colorado

The Board of Education of Yuma School District-1 in the County of Yuma, State of Colorado, calls for nomination of candidates for school directors to be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.

At this election, three (3) directors will be elected for a term of office of four (4) years and one (1) director will be elected for a term of office of two (2) years. To be qualified, a candidate must have been a registered elector of the school district for at least 12 consecutive months before the election. A person is ineligible to run for school director if he or she has been convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child.

A person who desires to be a candidate for school director shall file a written notice of intention to be a candidate and a nomination petition signed by at least 25 eligible electors who are registered to vote in the regular biennial school election.

Nomination petitions may be obtained at Yuma School District-1 Administration Offices, 418 South Main Street, Yuma, CO 80759. Office hours 7:30 am - 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday.

Completed petitions shall be submitted to Angela Weathers, Designated Election Official, no later than 2:00 p.m. on September 1, 2017.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Education of Yuma School District-1, County of Yuma, State of Colorado has caused this call for nominations to be given this 9th day of August, 2017.

Note: This call for nominations is to be published not more than 90 days (August 9, 2017) nor less than 75 days (August 24, 2017) before the election. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-31-107(1.5).