More Election Day problems reported, now in Pueblo
More election problems are being reported in Colorado.
This time, a southern Colorado county was forced to use paper provisional ballots long after a statewide computer glitch delayed same-day registrants.
Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert Ortiz says he is not asking that polls stay open beyond 7 p.m. MST. But he tells The Pueblo Chieftain that his county may be slow to report results Tuesday night.
About 160,000 people live in Pueblo County, about 100 miles south of Denver and about 100 miles north of the New Mexico state line.
Meanwhile, Democrats were in court in Denver on Tuesday evening seeking a two-hour extension because of the afternoon computer glitch that stalled same-day registration for 29 minutes.
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