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Colorado’s 2022 ballot returns still 9,000 short of 2018 turnout
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Colorado’s ballot returns for the 2022 election climbed to nearly 2.56 million, but they still fell short of the voter turnout during the last midterm election. As of 11:59 p.m. Sunday, 2,557,562 ballots were returned, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. That total is 9,222 fewer than the 2,566,784 ballots that were cast in Colorado in…
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Colorado’s 2022 ballot returns only 16,000 short of 2018 turnout
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Colorado’s ballot returns for the 2022 election hit more than 2.5 million, nearly reaching voter turnout during the 2018 midterm election after weeks of underperformance. As of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, 2,550,784 ballots were returned, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. That is exactly 16,000 ballots short of the 2,566,784 ballots that were cast in Colorado in…
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More than 1 million Coloradans have voted
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Colorado’s early ballot returns finally broke 1,000,000 four days out from Election Day, according to Friday’s data from the Secretary of State’s Office. As of 11:59 p.m. Thursday, 1,099,847 Colorado voters have returned ballots, representing 28.9% of the state’s more than 3.8 million active registered voters. That’s up around 118,600 ballots in 24 hours –…
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A quarter of Colorado voters return ballots
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Colorado’s early voter turnout has reached 25.8% five days away from Election Day, according to Thursday’s data from the Secretary of State’s Office. As of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, 981,210 Colorado voters have returned ballots out of the state’s more than 3.8 million active registered voters. That’s up around 118,600 ballots in 24 hours – the…
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El Paso County approves contract for ballots after commissioner leaves meeting
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The El Paso County commission on Tuesday voted to fund a contract to print ballots for the upcoming primary and general elections after hours of passionate testimony opposing the company that will provide the ballots, concerns over conflict of interest and calls to improve election security generally. The commission voted 3-0 to approve $850,000 for…
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Adam Frisch is 2nd Democrat challenging Lauren Boebert to make primary ballot by petition
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Congressional candidate Adam Frisch, one of nine Democrats running against Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, has qualified for Colorado’s June primary ballot by submitting enough valid signatures on petitions, the Secretary of State’s Office said Thursday. The former Aspen City Council member is the second Democrat to make the primary in the Republican-leaning 3rd Congressional…
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What happens if your ballot is rejected because of your signature?
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When Antonio Chavez checked the status of his mail-in ballot, he was surprised to see Boulder County had rejected it. When he called, they told him it was because of a signature discrepancy. In every Colorado county, there’s a bipartisan group that checks every signature on every ballot and compares it against the most recent…
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Ballot returns jump by 150,000; Hickenlooper votes, weighs in on contentious election
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The trickle of ballots being collected by county clerks across Colorado is picking up momentum. Since Friday, another 150,000 ballots have been turned in, according to the latest numbers from the Secretary of State’s Office. As of Monday morning, 618,942 ballots have been received by the clerks in Colorado’s 64 counties. The gap in numbers…
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Colorado ballot returns near the half-million mark
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Ballots sent to county clerks are now approaching the half-million mark, according to Friday figures from the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. Total ballots turned in so far number 468,366, with about 100,000 ballots arriving in the last 24 hours. Republicans continue to slightly outpace Democrats on ballot returns, with 168,065 sent in. Democrats have…
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TRAIL MIX | There’s no cure for double voting
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Long after the votes are counted in the June primary – advancing some candidates to the November ballot and dashing the hopes of others – there will still be plenty of questions to answer and arguments to resolve. One of them, from the sound of things, will involve procedures adopted by the state to allow…










