DENVER—County clerks say a high number of mail-in ballots is flooding their offices this year ahead of the state primaries Tuesday.
Campaign managers say having more people voting by mail has made them change their strategies to target voters sooner in the election cycle.
The estimated 49,000 mail-in ballots Jefferson County has received so far is about two-thirds the total number of ballots cast in the 2004 primary. Adams County has already received about 17,000 mail-in ballots, 3,000 more than it received in 2004.
El Paso County clerk Bob Balink says his office has gotten an early start on counting the ballots and may have most of the results for absentee and mail-in voters posted soon after polls close.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
