voter registration
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Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold wins endorsement from Let America Vote organization
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Calling her a “voting rights champion,” Let America Vote, a progressive organization devoted to fighting voter suppression efforts and expanding voting rights, this week endorsed Jena Griswold, one of two Democrats challenging Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams. “Jena Griswold knows that the right to vote is fundamental in our country, and I know she’ll…
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DaVita CEO Kent Thiry leaves GOP, registers unaffiliated to ‘reduce partisan gamesmanship’
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After spending eight months as a Republican, Kent Thiry, the multimillionaire CEO of Denver-based dialysis giant DaVita Inc., has changed his voter registration back to unaffiliated with the hope of combating excessive partisanship, Colorado Politics has learned. Earlier this year, he considered but ultimately decided against running for governor as a Republican after spending millions of…
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Wayne Williams: Colorado elections run smoothly, with a little help from the National Guard
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Colorado’s 2017 election went off without a hitch, Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Thursday – a remarkable feat considering nearly half of the state’s counties were using new election equipment – but if any problems had arisen, the National Guard was on hand to help resolve them. “We just believe it’s important to have…
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Colorado voters set to decide school board and city council races, contentious ballot measures
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Voters across Colorado finish casting ballots at 7 p.m. tonight, deciding city council and school board races as well as local ballot issues ranging from funding for affordable housing and limits on oil and gas drilling to road improvements and municipal high-speed internet. For the first time in eight years, though, there isn’t a statewide…
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With one day to go, ballots received from 22% of Colorado voters
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Republicans still lead in Colorado ballot returns one day before county clerks must receive them, but Democrats are catching up. It’s too late to mail ballots – they must be received by 7 p.m. Tuesday in order to count, election and U.S. Post Office officials say. A total of 718,174 ballots were in hand Monday morning,…
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Republicans maintain lead as ballots continue pouring in to Colorado election officials
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Republicans continue to return their ballots at a faster rate than Democrats and unaffiliated voters in Colorado, but the gap is narrowing as Election Day approaches, according to the secretary of state’s office. As of Friday morning, 612,589 voted ballots had been received by election officials, out of the state’s 3.37 million active registered voters. Registration…
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Older voters dominate Colorado ballot returns as Election Day approaches
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Voters over age 60 are casting their ballots at a fast clip, accounting for almost 60 percent of the total ballots returned through Thursday morning, according to Colorado election officials. With 12 days until Election Day – and just five days until the U.S. Postal Service and Colorado secretary of state’s office recommend mailing ballots…
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Officials: Republicans take early lead as Colorado ballots begin trickling in
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With just over two weeks to go until Election Day, more than 36,000 voted ballots had been received by Colorado election officials by early Monday, the secretary of state’s office reported. That’s out of the 3.36 million active registered voters in Colorado at the beginning of October – split nearly evenly between Democrats and Republicans…
