Carbondale leaders plan sustained outreach, schedule volunteer training ahead of April municipal election

Town Clerk (Speaker 3) told residents at the meeting that Carbondale will mount a sustained voter-outreach campaign aimed at Spanish-speaking residents and younger voters and that candidates can begin picking up signature petitions ahead of the April municipal election.

“I would really like to focus on making sure our Latin community… knows about the elections, knows what we're voting on, how to be engaged,” Speaker 3 said, urging the board to help coordinate events through October. She said candidates must collect 25 signatures to get on the April ballot and that petition circulation dates include a January circulation window the clerk referenced during the meeting.

The outreach plan calls for a mix of tactics: volunteer registration drives where trained circulators collect completed forms for delivery to the clerk and recorder, pop-up tables at existing…