While the 2020 general election is still nine months away, candidates campaigning for national offices and the mainstream media are already in full-swing.
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TORRINGTON – While the 2020 general election is still nine months away, candidates campaigning for national offices and the mainstream media are already in full-swing.
There will also be several important local offices up for grabs, including two spots on the Torrington City Council and one on the Goshen County Board of Commissioners. While the offices up for election in 2020 haven’t been certified and candidates haven’t begun to campaign, Goshen County Clerk Cindy Kenyon and her employees are beginning to gear up for Nov. 3.
“You can tell by the national news that the elections are really ramping up, and in our office we’ve already had several requests for information,” Kenyon said. “We are starting to get very busy. My girls are putting in their last vacation requests.
“We expect this to be a huge election with record turnout. The last one had a record turnout here, but I expect we will pass that.”
Kenyon said she wants to encourage voters to handle their voter registration as early as possible to avoid issues on Election Day.
“One thing I’d like to do is encourage people to come in and register to vote ahead of time because our polling places are small,” Kenyon said.
“If you don’t want to wait in line to register, you can register in our office between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day. You can register in the town offices – Lingle, Fort Laramie, Yoder, LaGrange.”
Registering early doesn’t just save time at the polls, but it actually affords voters the opportunity to cast their ballots early, or even by mail.
“We have a lot of people who want to re-register to vote for the President,” she said. “Foreseeing that, people can go ahead and ask for their ballot to be mailed to them. We can keep that on file in the computer system. We will automatically mail the ballots.”
Voters who participated in the 2018 general election are already registered, Kenyon said.
“It is good as long as you keep on voting,” Kenyon said. “If you do not vote in a general election, and every two years there is a general election, then you’ll be purged from the system.”
Kenyon said she encourages people to register early to help ease the load on Nov. 3, for both the clerk’s office and the voter.
“We welcome that as early as possible, so things run smoother and people don’t wait until the last minute,” she said.
