unaffiliated voters
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COVER STORY | What we learned about the ‘U’ Factor
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters participated for the first time in last month’s primary election at higher rates than nearly anyone had anticipated. The backers of the ballot measure that established the state’s semi-open primary are declaring the results a success, while strategists say the record-setting vote totals point to a highly engaged electorate heading into the…
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Maybe the unaffiliated wild card won’t turn out to be so wild after all
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In primary voting that concludes today, for the first time in history, Colorado’s 1.2 million unaffiliated voters can cast a ballot in a Republican or Democrat primary. Ballots were mailed to all voters, affiliated and unaffiliated alike, on June 4. Those 1.2 million “active unaffiliated voters” received both Republican and Democrat ballots, and they could…
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Poll: Colorado’s unaffiliated voters favor Democrats, strongly dislike Trump
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Unaffiliated voters in Colorado plan to vote in the Democratic primary in sharply higher numbers than in the Republican primary, a poll released Tuesday shows. What’s more, the unaffiliated voters who say they plan to vote in the November election hold significantly more favorable views of the leading Democratic candidates for governor than the leading Republicans.…
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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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More Colo. Republicans vote early, but unaffiliateds are breaking left
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If this is going to be a blue-wave year for Democrats, the first week of early voting certainly doesn’t suggest it. So far, Republicans are voting in bigger numbers than Democrats as the race to the June 26 primary unfolds. As of Thursday, 90,391 Democrats had returned ballots compared to 94,013 from Republican voters, according…
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A week into voting, Colorado primary ballots begin to trickle in
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One week after ballots started going out in the mail to Colorado’s 3.28 million active registered voters, nearly 38,000 have been returned to election officials, Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced Monday. The ballots logged so far – in what election officials stressed is a very preliminary report – account for just over 1 percent…
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Cover Story: ‘Anybody’s ballgame’ — crowded ballots, wide-open primaries make for a wild governor’s race
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DENVER – For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters in both parties are faced this year with contested primaries for an open seat for governor. While the race to replace term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper has been underway for more than a year and front-runners have emerged, the June primary ballot likely won’t be…
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Election officials launch campaign to help unaffiliated voters cast ballots for first time in primary
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For the first time, Colorado’s unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the June 26 primary election without having to join a party – and they’ll have some help figuring it all out from an 8-foot, yellow, inflatable U. Secretary of State Wayne Williams kicked off the campaign Friday in Grand Junction with his predecessor Bernie…
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Political pros say Colorado’s unaffiliated voters could confound stereotypes in primary election
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When Colorado voters cast ballots in the upcoming primary election, they’ll almost certainly face an unprecedented smorgasbord of candidates spread across an unusually high number of races up and down the ballot. And for the first time, the state’s unaffiliated voters – there are slightly more of them than there are either Democrats or Republicans…
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Democrats Kristopher Larsen, Mark Williams petitioning onto 2nd CD primary ballot
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Democrats Kristopher Larsen and Mark Williams are gathering signatures to run in the 2nd Congressional District primary election, meaning former University of Colorado Regent Joe Neguse is more than likely going to have some company on the June primary ballot. A former Democratic nominee for secretary of state and the early frontrunner for the seat…
