If you’re a Denver voter, you’ve probably received your ballot by now for the special mail-only city election on Jan. 30.
The Post urges a “no” vote on this hurried plan that, if approved, would replace the current three-member Denver Election Commission with a single elected city clerk and recorder.
While The Post favors such a reform, we also believe the issue deserves the broad discussion it would receive if it were on the ballot for the city’s regular election in May.
A hasty plan passed by a few voters in this little-noticed special election is more likely to undermine faith in a new election system than to restore it.
In saying that, we mean no criticism of the Election Commission staff, who worked through snowstorms and holidays to meet the ridiculous deadlines mandated by the Denver City Council’s 7-6 decision to rush the vote.
Mail your ballot early. If it doesn’t reach the commission by Jan. 30, your vote won’t be counted.
And make sure you use the correct postage – at least 63 cents’ worth of stamps.
