Early voting started today as county clerks across Colorado brace for the challenges of an increased voter turnout and a lengthy ballot loaded with initiatives.
In Denver alone, voter registration is up nearly 100,000 voters to 403,560 since the last presidential election.
Get-out-the-vote groups have pushed mail-in ballots as one solution to crowded polling places, and about a third of Coloradans listened, according to the secretary of state’s office.
This may the first election in which a majority of ballots are sent in. Colorado has some 2.5 million active registered voters.
Voters in Denver can drop off their mail-in ballots — or hit a voting booth — at one of the city’s 13 early-voting sites between today and Oct. 31, excluding Sunday.
The Denver Elections Division headquarters at 3888 E. Mexico Ave. will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The following sites are open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday:
Barnum Recreation Center, 360 Hooker St.
• Christ Church United Methodist Church, 690 Colorado Blvd.
• Harvard Gulch Recreation Center, 550 E. Iliff Ave.
• Harvey Park Recreation Center, 2120 S. Tennyson Way
• Hiawatha Davis Recreation Center, 3334 Holly St.
• Manual High School, 1700 E. 28th Ave.
• Montbello Recreation Center, 15555 E. 53rd Ave.
• Montclair Recreation Center, 729 Ulster Way
• Rude Park Recreation Center 2855 W. Holden Place
• Scheitler Recreation Center, 5031 W. 46th Ave.
• Tamarac Square Mall, 7777 E. Hampden Ave.
• Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave.
Voters in surrounding counties should check with their local clerks for voting-center hours and locations.
• Adams County: 303-920-7850 or
• Arapahoe County: 303-795-4511 or
• Boulder County: 303-413-7740 or
• Broomfield County: 303-464-5857 or
• Douglas County: 303-660-7444 or /clerk/elections
• Jefferson County: 303-271-8111 or /elections/index.htm
