Teller County Sheriff’s Office and the County Commissioners Urge Citizens to Get Out and Vote

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified on February 3rd, 1870, while the country was recovering from the Civil War. The slaves were freed, and the United States government identified that all its citizens, regardless of race, color, or prior condition as a slave, had the inalienable right to take personal part in determining their future through their vote.

On August 18th, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified to extend the right to vote to women. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Further the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ensures that all citizens, regardless of race, color, creed, gender, religion, or political affiliation have the sacred and, again, the inalienable right to take personal part in determining their future through their vote.

Our county is a place of many beliefs and ideas, and how they guide a citizen to vote is that person’s choice and that person’s business only to be shared if that person chooses to do so.

To protect the right for every one of our citizens, the Teller County Sheriff’s Office will have additional deputies on duty on November 5th, 2024 – Election Day. Their sole role will be to protect and preserve the peace of all Teller County’s residents and their property.

The Teller County Sheriff’s Office and the Board of County Commissioners encourage ALL citizens of Teller County to have their voices heard through the voting process.

Get out and vote!