Wing opens base voting office

21st Space Wing opens voting office

Gail Whalen, 21st Space Wing installation voting officer, shows the new Peterson Air Force Base Voting Office to Col. Stephen N. Whiting, 21st Space Wing commander, Jan. 31. The office, in Building 350 room 2027, is a one-stop shop for voter registration needs. The office will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rob L. Bussard)

Published Feb. 1, 2011
By Monica Mendoza
21st Space Wing Public Affairs staff writer

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The 21st Space Wing just made registering to vote a little easier.

The wing officially opened its Voting Office, Building 350, room 2027, Jan. 31 and is inviting everyone who works on Peterson Air Force Base to come in and register.

"What we really want our Airmen and civilians to know is that they have one place they can come now to get all their voting needs met," Colonel Whiting said. "Now they don't have to wonder where to go or what number to call. They can come here."

The Voting Office is meant to provide easy access to voting, said Gail Whalen, 21st Space Wing installation voting officer. For example, military personnel who wish to vote by absentee ballot while deployed, or any other time, can sign up for absentee ballots to be sent to them or voters can update their personal information, like an address change.
The office will be staffed by unit voting representatives who can answer questions about voting registration forms and regulations. Equally important, Ms. Whalen stressed that the office is open to everyone.

"Somebody who is here, a vendor working on snack machines, can come in a register to vote," Ms. Whalen said.

· The Voting Office, Building 350, room 2027, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Voter representatives can be reached at 556-5579 or vote@peterson.af.mil. Anyone wishing to speak to a voting representative also can make an appointment.