Before the accusations of cheating at the polls and bending the campaign rules for partisan advantage begin next year, Coloradans can take a deep breath Tuesday and appreciate National Voter Registration Day.

This is really a holiday, albeit a new one, established the National Association of Secretaries of State in 2012.

The organization credited the observance with 800,000 new voters signing up last year.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold encouraged Coloradans in a press release to join the system by registering to vote on the momentous day, the fourth Tuesday in September each year.

“I grew up working class in rural Colorado and know firsthand how important it is for every Coloradan’s voice to be heard,” she said in a statement.

She encouraged folks to register or verify their information at govotecolorado.com.

The Secretary of State’s Office said Monday that more than 90% of those eligible have signed up to vote already, and last year the state’s mail-ballot election helped Colorado record the second highest turnout in the country at 64%.

Colorado has a total population of 5,695,564 residents as of July 1 last year, according to the U.S. Census.

But 22.2% are under the age of 18, leaving 4,431,149 adults.

The group eligible to vote is whittled by about 31,000 felons and incarcerated people and an estimated 200,000 undocumented residents. The legislature this year passed a law to restore voting rights to some parolees.

That leaves about 4.1 million adults.

The state had 3,893,882 active, inactive and pre-registered voters as of Sept. 1, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.