PRIMARY 2018: A Colo. county’s ballots to be hand counted
The results of the primary election in one western Colorado county could be delayed until Thursday or Friday.
Election officials say Montrose County ballots will have to be counted by hand because of a problem with the barcodes printed on them.
The announcement from the county says ballots will be counted in batches of 25 by a three-person bipartisan team. County election staff and staff from the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office will participate.
The largely Republican county has about 27,000 eligible voters, less than 1 percent of the state’s total. As of Tuesday morning, about 8,600 had voted.
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