Secretary of state Wayne Williams talks primary elections in Durango
Next year, unaffiliated voters in Colorado will be able to help pick the Democratic or Republican nominee in a governor’s race for the first time without adhering to a party.
Coloradans voted in favor of Propositions 107 and 108 last November, which opens partisan primary elections to unaffiliated voters; however, they can only vote in one primary – not both.
Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, a Republican, talked extensively about the statute at Saturday’s town hall meeting in the Durango Public Library.
Unaffiliated voters will receive a Republican and Democratic ballot in the mail for the 2018 primaries, but should only return one.
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