By KAILEEN GRUBER
The Ramspondents
Today, Nov. 4, 2025 is Election Day. The City of Fort Collins will be electing a new mayor, as well as a few new district candidates. Fort Collins will also be voting on city-wide measures such as what is happening with the land Hughes Stadium used to sit on, and a Community Capital Improvement Program.
Below are election day reminders, ballot drop off and polling center locations, and a comprehensive list of links to learn about all of the candidates and ballot issues.
Election Day reminders
It is too late to mail in your ballot. Refer to the list of drop-off locations below.
Your ballot must be dropped off by 7 p.m. otherwise it will not be counted
Sign the back of your ballot envelope before you turn it in.
Ballot drop boxes are open 24 hours a day, until 7 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2025.
Fort Collins has moved to ranked-choice voting this election. View Ranked-choice voting and how it works for more information.
Ballot drop-off locations
Colorado State University’s Lory Student Center (walk-up), 1101 Center Ave. Mall
Elks Lodge (walk-up/drive-thru), 1424 E. Mulberry St.
Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC, walk-up/drive-thru), 1801 Riverside Ave.
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity ReStore (walk-up/drive-thru), 4001 S. Taft Hill Road
Fort Collins Police Services (walk-up/drive-thru), 2221 S. Timberline Road
Fort Collins Senior Center (walk-up/drive-thru), 1200 Raintree Drive
Fort Collins Traffic Operations (walk-up/drive-thru), 626 Linden St.
Harmony Library (walk-up), 4616 S. Shields St.
Larimer County Administrative Services (walk-up/drive-thru), 200 W. Oak St.
Larimer County Human Services (walk-up/drive-thru), 1501 Blue Spruce Drive
Northside Aztlan Community Center (walk-up/drive-thru), 112 E. Willow St.
South Transit Center (walk-up/drive-thru), 4915 Fossil Blvd.
Voter Service and Polling Centers (VSPC)
At a VSPC, you can: vote in-person, get a replacement mail ballot, deliver your mail-in ballot, register to vote, change your address, or vote on an ADA-accessible voting machine.
The VSCP locations in Fort Collins are listed below. Both will be open from 7 a.m.- 7 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2025.
Larimer County Administrative Services, 200 W Oak St. - 1st Floor, Fort Collins.
Colorado State University - Lory Student Center, 1101 Center Ave Mall, Fort Collins.
Our past 2025 election coverage
The full digest of stories we’re covering as part of the 2025 election are listed below with links to those stories.
Mayor
District 1
District 3
Joshua Fudge (did not respond to interview request in time)
District 5
Ballot issues
Other election stories
Kaileen Gruber is majoring in Journalism and Media Communication as well as minoring in Music Business at CSU. She is the vice president of the Music Business Collective.