The Town of Dillon Recall Election and Candidate Nominations
DILLON, Colo, December 11 – A recall election has been set for three Town of Dillon council members. On November 12, 2024, petitions seeking the recall of three current council members - Dana Christiansen, Renee Imamura and John Woods - were submitted to the Dillon Town Clerk. At the December 10 regular meeting, Dillon Town Council passed a resolution setting the election date for March 4, 2025. Voting shall take place by mail ballot. Applications for absentee ballots will be available from the Town Clerk from December 11, 2024, through the close of business on February 27, 2025.
Nomination Petition Circulation Period: December 11 – December 23, 2024
Alongside the recall election, Town of Dillon has opened a formal nomination period for individuals who wish to run in the recall election. Interested candidates can circulate nomination petitions from December 11 until December 23, 2024. To be valid, a petition must contain a minimum of twenty-five (25) signatures from registered voters residing in Dillon. This excludes unincorporated areas of Summit County, such as Dillon Valley, Summerwood, Summit Cove and Keystone. A registered elector shall not sign more than three nomination petitions for town council candidates.
Nomination petitions can be obtained at Dillon Town Hall, located at 275 Lake Dillon Drive, during regular business hours. All candidates, when nominated, must be at least eighteen years of age, must be a resident of Dillon for twelve consecutive months preceding the date of the election, must be a registered voter, and shall not been convicted of embezzlement, bribery, perjury, solicitation of bribery, or subornation of perjury, and shall not be an employee of the Town of Dillon during term office.
Ballot Language and Determining Terms of Office
On the official ballot, for every officer whose recall is to be voted on, the words, “Shall (name of person against whom recall petition is filed) be recalled from the office of Dillon Town Council?” The voter shall indicate by marking a cross mark on either for, or against, such recall.
Below the recall questions, there will be printed the names of those person(s) who have been nominated as candidate(s) to succeed the person(s) sought to be recalled. All candidates on the ballot must be listed in alphabetical order.
If the vote in such recall election recalls the officer, the candidate who has received the highest number of votes for the office, thereby vacated, shall be declared elected for the remainder of the term, and a certificate of election shall be issued. If all three officers are recalled, the candidate who received the highest number of votes would replace the longest remaining term.
The terms being recalled for office are:
Dana Christiansen - term through April 2026
Renee Imamura - term through April 2026
John Woods - term through April 2028
Key Election Dates
- Nomination petition circulation period: December 11 until December 23, 2024
- Submission deadline: December 23, 2024
- Election day: March 4, 2025
For more information, interested parties may contact the Town Clerk’s office at 970-262-3407, astuckey@townofdillon.com or stop in at Town Hall, 275 Lake Dillon Drive, in Dillon.
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