ballots
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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…
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WATCH if you’re an unaffiliated voter in Colorado
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If you’re an unaffiliated voter in Colorado, you will receive two ballots. You only get to turn in ONE. In the video above, 9News Reporter Marshall Zelinger explains how the process works on Next with Kyle Clark. Colorado unaffiliated voters are getting two primary ballots. They only get to return one. (KUSA-9News, Denver)
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BIDLACK | Elections matter — no matter the office — so please vote!
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One of the side effects of being the son of a genealogist is that I long ago developed the habit of reading the obituary pages. While I’m not in too much agreement with the Colorado Springs Gazette’s Op/Ed pages (except when I appear, but, frankly, that’s mostly vanity), I do think they do an excellent…
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Williams readies constitutional amendment
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A constitutional amendment that would reduce the lengthy and repetitive language regarding judicial retention questions on election ballots is on Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams‘ wish list for the upcoming state legislative session. Williams and his staff outlined his legislative plans to the Bipartisan Election Advisory Committee Thursday, Dec. 15. The committee includes county clerks,…
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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…
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Early voting allows voters to react quickly after debates
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If Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton scores a high note or commits a blunder in Sunday’s presidential debate, millions of voters can respond almost immediately. They can fill out a mail-in ballot right away or head to a polling location the next day. Early voting is on the rise in America. More than 45 million…