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Wet Mountain Tribune

Fire District Election Official fails to alert public of Tuesday Election

At least three state laws broken and public largely unaware of important election (Note to our readers: The following story highlights the failure of the designated Election Official and Administration of the Wet Mountain Fire Protection District to announce the coming election to be held Tuesday, May 3. However, according to the state, elections cannot be postponed. TheTribune encourages voters to take part in the election despite the short notice and lack of information on the candidates.) On Tuesday, April 19, the Tribune received a press release from Tracy Ballard with an attached picture that announced that an election would be held in two weeks on May 3 for the Wet Mountain Fire Protection District. Two board of director seats are up for election and the press release announced that three…