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  • Colorado’s 2022 ballot returns only 16,000 short of 2018 turnout

    Colorado’s 2022 ballot returns only 16,000 short of 2018 turnout

    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…


  • Colorado’s ballot returns climb to over 2.4 million

    Colorado’s ballot returns climb to over 2.4 million

    More than 2.4 million ballots have been returned in Colorado, narrowing the gap between voter turnout during the 2022 and 2018 midterm elections after weeks of underperformance. As of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, 2,444,585 ballots were returned, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. This number is expected to increase as counting continues in county clerk…


  • Colorado turnout trails past elections: Only 35% of voters have returned ballots

    Colorado turnout trails past elections: Only 35% of voters have returned ballots

    With only one day remaining until Election Day, just over 35% of voters have returned their ballots so far, according to Monday’s data from the Secretary of State’s Office. As of 11:59 p.m. Sunday, around 1.34 million ballots were returned out of the over 3.81 million active registered voters in Colorado. That’s an increase of…


  • More than 1 million Coloradans have voted

    More than 1 million Coloradans have voted

    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 –…


  • Pueblo man arrested for attempted tampering in primary election

    Pueblo man arrested for attempted tampering in primary election

    Police arrested a Pueblo man on Thursday for allegedly trying to tamper with a voting machine during Colorado’s primary election in June. Richard Patton, 31, was booked into the Pueblo County Judicial Center on charges of tampering with a voting machine and cybercrimes, according to the Pueblo Police Department. Patton was arrested without incident at…


  • A quarter of Colorado voters return ballots

    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…


  • Colorado voters return over 860,000 ballots, hit 22.6% turnout

    Colorado voters return over 860,000 ballots, hit 22.6% turnout

    Coloradans have so far returned 862,637 ballots as the state enters the final days before the election, according to Wednesday’s data from the Secretary of State’s Office. Just over 22.6% of Colorado’s 3.8 million active registered voters have voted with only six days left until Election Day on Nov. 8. That means nearly 120,000 ballots were…


  • Democrats increase fundraising edge in nearly all competitive state House races

    Democrats increase fundraising edge in nearly all competitive state House races

    With only one week left until Election Day, Democratic candidates remained ahead of the money race in all but one of the most competitive elections for the Colorado House of Representatives. Democrats are out-fundraising their Republican opponents in nine of the 10 House races projected to be the most competitive, according to reports released Monday…


  • Polis orders National Guard unit to provide cybersecurity for November election

    Polis orders National Guard unit to provide cybersecurity for November election

    Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order Monday activating a Colorado National Guard unit to assist with statewide cybersecurity during the upcoming election. Under the order, up to nine members of the Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Element will train with and assist the Secretary of State’s Office with election cybersecurity defense efforts ahead of Election…


  • Colorado’s voter turnout sees highest jump since early voting opened

    Colorado’s voter turnout sees highest jump since early voting opened

    Nearly 743,000 Colorado voters have returned their ballots for the November election, according to Tuesday data – an increase of more than 200,000 in only 24 hours. This is the biggest daily jump in voter turnout since early voting officially kicked off last Monday. An average of 90,300 ballots were returned every day from Tuesday…


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