UPDATE – KKTV has posted a story about this here with more information. 15,000 incorrect ballots were mailed (the total number of registered voters in Teller County is 21,957, but not all of those are in the school district).

So many people – on both sides I’m sure – were looking forward to voting on this school board race and being done with this. Ballots were mailed Monday, and started being received today. What greeted people opening their envelopes though, was this:

Not what people expected…where was the school board race? Calls to the county clerk revealed there has been a printing mistake, due to switching to a new printing service. We’re expecting a press release and/or other public announcement from the county soon to set the record straight, just know that replacement ballots should be mailed out later this week. The county’s website has an example of a sample ballot, and shows that it SHOULD look like this:

Be patient…theyr’e fixing this!