2016 presidential election
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Most Colorado voters cast ballots early
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More than 2.2 million of Colorado’s nearly 3.3 million registered voters had turned in their mail-in ballots by Election Day, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, with Republican voters slightly ahead of Democratic voters. The early Election Day tally showed Republican voters cast 771,745 ballots, Democratic voters cast 753,052 ballots and unaffiliated, or independent,…
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Colorado readies to decide balance of power
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Colorado was supposed to be a swing state again this year, starting at the top of the ticket. But as the results roll in from the state’s first presidential election featuring a nearly all-mail voting, the races may turn out to be tighter the further down the ballot you go. Voters will be waiting Tuesday…
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Jensen: Obama’s thoughts on Clinton are revealing
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“She is a fundamentally good and decent person.” You really need no further explanation as to why this is a laugh line. Just know it was someone talking about Hillary Clinton. That “someone” is President Obama, furiously trying to save Hillary’s sliding campaign amid the FBI re-opening her criminal investigation. One of the millions of…
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Election Report: A look at the key races across America
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Much more is at stake on Election Day than the White House. State by state, district by district, neighborhood by neighborhood, candidates and campaigners are making their last pitch for Congress, state legislatures, governor’s offices, ballot questions, judgeships, city councils and lots more. A nationwide look at important, interesting and occasionally odd matters that go…
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No silver bullets: Jim Carpenter stresses fundamentals, agility
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Jim Carpenter likes to tell a story about a campaign stop more than two decades ago in a small town on the Eastern Plains. It’s no coincidence the story stars former three-term Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, a man Carpenter describes as the master of quick thinking and innovative approaches to the surprises any politician is…
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? Denver says it’s got election security under control
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The integrity of the nation’s voting system has been questioned like never before, led by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but the director of elections in the Denver Elections Division told reporters during a media tour Friday, Oct. 28, that the system can be trusted and is more secure than polling place election systems. Amber…