Author: The Denver Gazette

Colorado surpassed the voter turnout of 2016 as of 10 a.m. on Election Day, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said. Griswold said 76.6% of active voters had turned in a total of 2,839,395 ballots. It was broken down to 930,452 from registered Democrats, 833,215 from registered Republicans and 1,088,369 from unaffiliated voters. All ballots must…

Whether it’s volunteering to be an election judge, counting ballots, or simply voting for the first time, more than ever people are getting involved in the democratic process. Joe Cantalini, a Denver resident, says he’s been directly involved in policymaking and politics in the past but has never helped with the election process until this year.…

The approach of Election Day has brought high tensions and uncertainty about basic questions such as whether a winner will even be crowned that night, and concerns about possible unrest or volatile protests. In a regular question-and-answer session with media Thursday, Denver’s public safety executive director, Murphy Robinson, said he hopes any protests will remain…

Colorado has identified 13 new coronavirus outbreaks within its constellation of jails, prisons and halfway houses in October, as the state grapples with widespread transmission of the disease. The state’s prisons were the site of Colorado’s first major outbreak — Sterling Correctional Facility has reported a total of 607 cases among inmates; three inmates have died,…