DOWNLOAD & COMPLETE THE WATCHER APPOINTMENT REQUEST FORM

2024 General Election Watcher Appointment Request Form

Choose “save as” when you download the document (spreadsheet) and save it with your name. Use the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet to fill out all the information.

Any questions should be sent to Angie Leath, (719) 520-7325 | angieleath@elpasoco.com Please Note: Requests can take 3 business days to process.

PROVIDE A SIGNATURE IMAGE

Prepare a .jpg or .gif file of an electronic signature for your organization’s appointment authority along with the Watcher Appointment Request Form.

Without the signature, all certificates for watchers must be signed before being issued to watchers.

SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST

Submit the form, along with the Watcher Training Certificate(s), and the signature image AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

VERIFICATION OF CERTIFICATES

All names on the appointment form will be checked for active Colorado registration.

Appointment certificates will then be emailed to you as a PDF file.

Each watcher should keep their signed certificate with them at each location which they visit. If no signature was included in the submission, the appointing authority must hand sign the certificates before watchers visit locations.

CERTIFICATES CAN NOT BE USED BY ANOTHER PERSON​

Election Watcher Guidelines

If a watcher is removed for any reason, the County Clerk & Recorder must notify the party, candidate or committee who appointed the watcher. The removed watcher may be replaced by a new watcher.

WATCHER CHECKLIST

At the assigned location, watchers MUST present the Certificate of Appointment to the supervisor judge.

The watcher will take an “oath of watcher”, and the certificate must be signed by both the supervisor and watcher.

The watcher must affirm that he or she WILL NOT do the following.

• Disrupt the processing and counting of any ballots or any other stage of the process, unless allowed by the Clerk and Recorder under Election Rule 8.13
• Attempt to review confidential information unless they have taken watcher training
• Disclose or record any confidential information he or she may observe
• Write down any ballot numbers or any other information about voters
• Touch or handle the signature cards, ballots, ballot envelopes, or voting and counting machines
• Disrupt any process, like the issuance of ballots, receiving of ballots, and voting or counting of ballots
• Interact with election judges other than a designated watcher contact, unless allowed by the county clerk under Election Rule 8.13
• Use a device to make or receive a call in any polling center or other places with election work
• Use any device to take or record pictures, video, or audio in any polling center or other places with election work
• Attempt to decide how someone voted
• Disclose or record any confidential voter information as defined in section 24-72-204(8), C.R.S., that he or she may observed
• Disclose any results before the polls have closed