There’s still time to cast your ballot and help make a few big decisions before the city election ends Tuesday.

As of Monday, about 28 percent of eligible voters, or about 2,900 people, had mailed in or dropped off ballots to Durango City Hall or the La Plata County Clerk & Recorder’s Office.

“We’ve done very well on Friday and (Monday); maybe it will continue,” City Clerk Amy Phillips said.

Over the last six elections, voter turnout has been fairly stable. At the low point, in 2009, 3,100 people cast a ballot, and during the peak election in 2007, 3,880 voters participated, according to city data.

Phillips expects about 600 more voters will turn in ballots during the final two days of the election.

This election cycle, voters will choose between incumbents Sweetie Marbury and Dick White and newcomers David McHenry and Sean Waddell. All four at-large candidates are competing for two open seats.

Voters also will decide whether to extend a ½-cent sales tax that originally was passed in 1999.

The original tax question paid for the $15.4 million Durango Community Recreation Center and major sections of the Animas River Trail. The tax is set to sunset in 2019.

The new question asks voters to fund parks and recreation facilities, trails, maintenance of city trees and construction for bicycle and pedestrian projects in town. If passed, it would extend the tax through December 2039.

Total sales tax within Durango currently is 7.9 percent.

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How to vote

City Hall, 949 East Second Ave., will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday for voters to hand-deliver ballots.

All registered voters should have received a ballot in the mail.

Voters can register at City Hall on Election Day, but they should allow time for city staff to verify the appropriate paperwork.

Those who register on Election Day will receive an official ballot.

Herald Staff