Last day of early voting sees long lines (Denver) [View All]

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Last day of early voting sees long lines

By Kieran Nicholson
Denver Post Staff Writer


Post / Hyoung Chang
A line for early voting snakes inside the Denver Election Commission headquarters on Friday afternoon as residents wait to cast ballots ahead of Tuesday’s general election. More than 256,000 Coloradans statewide have voted early during the past two weeks, according to the Colorado secretary of state....

Polling places were busy elsewhere across the state, particularly in the Denver area, where long lines were the norm on the last day of early voting. Thousands of people streamed through the Denver Election Commission Office, at 200 W. 14th Ave., during the two weeks of early voting, said Tina Romero, Denver voter outreach coordinator....

More than 321,000 people have voted by absentee ballot, and more than 256,000 voted early statewide, according to a report released Friday afternoon by the Colorado secretary of state. The early-voting tallies were not final because polling places remained open into the evening.

The number of registered voters in the state exceeds 3.1 million, the most in Colorado history...


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