The 2025 election in El Paso County is coming fast, and voters can prepare to see school board members, city council seats, county commissioners and mayoral candidates on their ballots, depending on where they live in the county.

Ballots for the Nov. 4 election were mailed to voters on Oct. 10, according to the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, and all ballots must be received by 7 p.m., election night. The Clerk and Recorder’s Office recommend that mail-in ballots be sent by Oct. 28. 

For those who aren’t yet registered, Oct. 27 is the deadline to register or update your voter record and have a ballot mailed to you, but registration can go through the election for in-person voting.  

Here is The Gazette’s voter guide content for the 2025 election: 

• Appointed El Paso County Commissioner to defend her seat under new state law
• A look at Pikes Peak Region school board elections
• Proposed tax hikes could upgrade four area school districts
• Mayor race uncontested in Manitou Springs
• Fountain mayor to defend seat, while city council sees crowded at-large race
• Cimarron Hills Fire Department asks voters to reconsider failed tax increase

Here are The Gazette’s endorsements for the 2025 election:

• ENDORSEMENT: Keep Lauren Nelson on El Paso County Commission
• ENDORSEMENTS: Cole, Johnson, Ruehl in D-11; Payne, Waldrep, Tripp in D-20; Thompson, D’Avola in D-49
• ENDORSEMENTS: YES to 2G, YES to 310 on Denver’s ballot

Here is the complete list of secure 24-hour drop boxes and in-person polling centers around the Colorado Springs area:

For more election information from El Paso County, visit their website here.