For Clerks

Municipal clerks are tremendous resources to the cities and towns they serve. They handle so much that goes on in the community — elections, interactions with residents, open records requests, council/board meeting preparations, and so much more.

2021 Election Webinar Series

Our Election Webinar Series is back! We're excited to provide clerks with essential information concerning elections, beginning November 18. CML will host Karen Goldman, MMC, on a series of webinars concerning best election practices. Karen has provided training for municipal clerks in the elections arena during her almost 20 years as a municipal clerk in Colorado and currently runs the League Municipal Clerk Advisor Program.

View recorded webinars or download the presentations by clicking on their title below:

• Nov. 18, 2021: Election Calendar Webinar recording
• Dec. 09, 2021: Nomination Petitions, Petition Packets, and Signatures Webinar recording
• Jan. 13, 2022: Signature Verification, Ballot Format, and Canceling an Election Webinar recording
• Mar. 10, 2022: Canvass, Recounts, and Final Questions

Webinar participants may apply for 1/2 credit with the Colorado Municipal Clerks Association for each webinar attended. Please complete the webinar assessment form and submit to Kathie Novak at the email address provided in the document.

2020 Election Webinar Series

The Colorado Municipal League, CIRSA and the Colorado Municipal Clerks Association hosted a series of webinars designed to assist municipal clerks preparing for April 2020 elections.

Click on the title of each webinar below to view the recording. 

• The Election Calendar webinar recording
• Election Judges and Working with Nomination Petitions webinar recording
• Canceling an Election and Signature Verification
• Canvassing and Final Election Questions
• Election Debrief

Colorado Municipal Clerk Advisor Program

CML, the Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency (CIRSA), and Colorado Municipal Clerks Association (CMCA) created the Colorado Municipal Clerk Advisor Program as a free service to assist municipal clerks with specific job-related questions or challenges.

Karen Goldman, former Aurora deputy city clerk, is available to offer insight and provide guidance on particular issues or questions that may arise in your city or town. While not intended to provide interim or long-term work, this arrangement offers municipal clerks a “helping hand” if they need it.

Contact Karen at 303-981-8022 or charna48@comcast.net.

Clerks Listserv

Only municipal clerks, deputy clerks, and records managers and/or licensing managers of CML member municipalities may sign up for the CML clerks listserv. All listserv subscription requests are subject to CML approval and municipal membership status.

Listservs allow groups of individuals signed up for the service to share information and ideas by email. Any subscriber can post a question or provide information to the listserv, which then is automatically emailed to all the members of the group. All responses from other members of the group are emailed to all subscribers.