A monitor was appointed because Elbert County Clerk Dallas Schroeder was accused of mishandling ballots in the primary and allowing copies of voting machine hard drives by unauthorized people.
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Colorado reports nearly 29,000 rejected ballots in the 2020 election, with younger voters the bulk of total
Colorado rejected nearly 29,000 votes in the 2020 election because the ballots didn’t meet requirements in state law. In the vast majority of the ballots voided, the voter’s signature didn’t match the one in state records, and in other cases, newly registered voters didn’t provide the required identification, according to Colorado Sun analysis of preliminary […]
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Griswold: Colorado’s model again sets the nation’s standard in historic election
In the most difficult, most scrutinized, and most contentious general election in modern history, Coloradans rose to the challenge. While results are yet to be finalized and ballots are still being processed, it is nevertheless clear that the turnout for the 2020 election in our state has been historic. As of Nov. 12, 3,314,960 Coloradans […]
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More Coloradans than ever voted this year, and the state’s turnout ranks in the top 5 nationwide
Empowered by mail ballots and energized by the nation’s polarized political climate, more Coloradans voted this year than ever before in the state’s history. More than 3.3 million ballots had been processed by state election officials through Thursday and the tally is expected to grow as remaining ballots are processed and counted. That represents 78% […]
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Colorado voters take on coronavirus, power outages to contribute to record turnout
Colorado hit record voter turnout numbers Tuesday, but this November’s election has not gone off without a hitch. Of course there’s the difficulty of running an election during a pandemic. The seven-day average of coronavirus cases statewide as of Monday — 2,141 cases — was the highest it’s been recorded since the start of the […]
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What to know about voting and what to watch on Election Day in Colorado
A tumultuous national election could see drawn-out vote counts and lawsuits that delay the declaration of a winner in the presidential race. But Coloradans are likely to get some key answers Tuesday night. Early turnout has paced well ahead of previous years entering Election Day, a sign of high political engagement and interest, and shown […]
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Colorado’s surging early-vote turnout is a strong sign for Democrats
More than half of all registered voters in Colorado had already voted by 3 p.m. Thursday, and some say by the time all the ballots are counted, the remarkably high turnout from 2016 will likely be eclipsed. This year’s early-vote numbers show higher turnout than in 2016 among both political parties. Unaffiliated voters have cast […]
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5 numbers that show why 2020 was never going to be an easy year for Cory Gardner in Colorado
Six years ago, Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper appeared on the same ballot. In the U.S. Senate race, Gardner — then a congressman — upset a Democratic incumbent senator in a strong Republican year. In the governor’s race, Hickenlooper beat back a GOP challenger to win his second term. Plenty of similarities exist between the […]
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Nicolais: Colorado’s all-mail elections undercut Trump’s objections
Mailing it in is one thing Colorado does well. When it comes to mail-in ballots, a recent hot topic for President Donald Trump, Colorado is a mile higher than most of our sister states. Last week, Trump engaged in an inaccurate Tweetrum over Michigan’s plan to send out “absentee ballot applications.” He ignored the final word […]
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The top Democratic and Republican pollsters in Colorado agree: 2020 is not looking good for the GOP
The state’s most prominent Democratic and Republican pollsters, in independent surveys of likely 2020 voters conducted a month apart, came to a consensus about the political mood in Colorado. President Donald Trump gets low marks. Gov. Jared Polis is popular. And people lean toward thinking that the state is headed in the right direction. But […]