Metro-area voters are running out of time to have a say on several big-ticket Denver ballot measures, city elections in and , and combative school board recalls in Jefferson County.
Polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and that is the deadline for all ballots to arrive in clerks’ hands — whether mailed, dropped off or cast in person. Doors open for in-person voting at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Denver and two dozen . Those locations also are open until 6 p.m. Monday.
In the state’s largest city and county, turnout was nearing 20 percent of all active voters, with 68,225 ballots cast of Saturday. That’s slightly ahead of the pace of ballot return at that point before the May 5 municipal election, though daily returns were up significantly on Friday and Saturday.
Besides Denver Public Schools board seats, voters are being asked to decide four ballot questions in Denver: a , a local , a new for scholarships, and to help pay for the National Western Center project and a convention center expansion.
The highest-profile metro-area races are for the Jefferson County School Board. Three recall races could replace members, and two open seats also are on the ballot, .
Additionally, many cities and counties have municipal races or ballot measures to decide.
Statewide, voters to keep all of the money it collected last year from recreational marijuana taxes or require refunding of the money. And several communities have ballot measures that would allow their local governments .
Jon Murray: 303-954-1405, jmurray@denverpost.com or @JonMurray
