It’s Election Day in Colorado. There’s still plenty of time to vote.
It’s Election Day in Colorado, where voters will decide whether to approve two statewide ballot initiatives and also make important choices in local school board and municipal races.
In Denver, a package of measures totaling nearly $1 billion is on the table. In Vail, voters will decide whether to impose new taxes on short-term rental stays.
Is it too late to vote?
No!
If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still plenty of time to cast your ballot.
In fact, Colorado is a same-day voter registration state, so you can even register to vote and cast a ballot until polls close at 7 tonight. As long as you turn in your ballot or are in line to vote in person by 7 p.m., your vote will be counted.
It’s too late, however, to mail your ballot back to your county clerk. You must turn your ballot in at a drop box if you want it to be counted.
To find a nearby drop box or polling location, visit this site. You can also check your voter registration status here.
Do I need identification to vote?
If you vote in person or are voting by mail for the first time, you must present identification such as a driver’s license or U.S. passport. This list details the acceptable forms of identification.
Otherwise, no, you do not need ID to vote in Colorado.
How do I know my ballot will count?
Voters can sign up at BallotTrax to track their ballot. You’ll receive an email, text or both when your ballot is accepted.
Where can I find results?
Your county clerk’s website will have local results. For statewide ballot returns, visit the Colorado Secretary of State’s website.
Results will start being posted soon after polls close at 7 p.m., but The Colorado Sun won’t launch stories on a race until it has been called or if we won’t know the results before the end of the night.
We’re expecting a lot of last-minute ballots this year, which means the counting process may be slow. Most counties typically report results counted through about midnight on Election Day and then return to finish counting Wednesday.
What we’ll be covering
The Sun will be focusing its Election Day coverage on the outcome of the two statewide measures, Propositions LL and MM.
Proposition LL would let the state keep and spend more than $12 million it collected in excess of projections under Proposition FF, a 2022 ballot measure that funded the Healthy School Meals for All Program.
Proposition MM aims to raise tax revenue to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All and bolster the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, after the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress made cuts to its funding. The initiative would raise taxes on households earning at least $300,000 by reducing the deductions they could claim.
We’ll also have coverage of some local measures, including fights over housing policy and lodging taxes, as well as coverage of tax measures intended to help pay for child care.
How has turnout been?
As they say in the TV show “Mad Men,” not great, Bob!
It’s not unusual for turnout to be lower in off-year elections. But returns so far this year have been quite slow.
Again, the later ballots are returned, the longer it will take for votes to be counted.