Harrison School District No. 2 cancels Nov. 4 school board election, declares three candidates elected by acclamation
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At a Sept. 2 special meeting, the Harrison School District No. 2 board voted to cancel the Nov. 4, 2025, school board election, declaring Michelle Wills Hill, Janice JJ Frazier and Emily Tamayo elected by acclamation and directing the designated election official to issue certificates and arrange oaths within 10 days.
Harrison School District No. 2 voted on Sept. 2 to cancel its Nov. 4, 2025, school board election and declare three candidates elected by acclamation.
Mister Williams read a resolution that said "the 2025 regular school biennial election is canceled" because "there are only 3 individuals that have nomination petitions with sufficient signatures to qualify as candidates" and "the deadline for filing an affidavit of intent to be a write in candidate has passed." The resolution cites Colorado Revised Statutes as authorizing the board to cancel the election and declare candidates elected when the number of candidates equals the offices to be filled.
The resolution names Michelle Wills Hill, Janice JJ Frazier and Emily Tamayo as "hereby declared elected by acclamation" and authorizes Norma Arambide, identified in the resolution as the designated election official, "to take all necessary and appropriate steps to cancel the election, including providing notice by publication and by posting notice at each polling location" and to notify the county clerk and recorder. The document also directs that "the designated election official shall provide these candidates with certificates of election" between election day and the board's next regular meeting and that each "shall take the oath of office within 10 days."
On a motion to approve the resolution, made and seconded on the record, the board voted in favor; the president announced the motion carried. The meeting record shows voices of "aye" in response to the question, and the president said the motion was "so moved." The board immediately moved to adjourn after congratulating the acclaimed candidates.
The board handled the matter as a procedural resolution rather than through a contested election. The action formally cancels the scheduled Nov. 4 election in accordance with the statute cited in the resolution and begins the administrative steps—notification, certificate issuance and oaths—specified in the text read aloud at the meeting.