From left, members of Mariachi America Javier Medina, DeJesus Diaz, Miguel Valaquez and Cesar Abraham perform outside the City and County Building for voters to open the polling places early Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Election judge Tim Wilson gathers ballots from a motorist at a drive-up ballot drop location of Denver Elections Division on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Election judges Tim Wilson, left, and Adam Ballinger, right, gather ballots from motorists at a drive-up ballot drop location of Denver Elections Division on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Election judge Adam Ballinger, left, receives a ballot from Nathan Mizell, 41, at a drive-up ballot drop location at Denver Elections Division on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
A voter places a ballot in a drop box outside the Denver Elections Division headquarters early on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Alexandra Ruby, 31, left, drops off her ballot near election judge George Hill at the Wellington Webb Building in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Election judges Kathleen Whitney, left, and Paddy McClelland work Election Day at the Wellington Webb Building in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Stickers are ready for voters after they drop off their ballot at the polling center at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Grand Junction on Election Day on Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
A ballot judge wearing an American flag blouse works the polling center at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Grand Junction on Election Day on Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
William Dyer walks out of a polling center at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Grand Junction after voting on Election Day on Nov. 8, 2022. Dyer bought his shirt on eBay to wear on Election Day. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
A sign saying the open carrying of guns at Colorado voting locations is prohibited is displayed at a polling center in True Light Baptist Church in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Sam Samkavitz, 30, left, cast her ballot with her 9-month-old daughter Parker at True Light Baptist Church in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Theo Galloway, 31, casts his ballot at True Light Baptist Church in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Election judge Kathy Allen, right, answers a question from Itai Miller at True Light Baptist Church in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Election judge David Kugler, left, speaks with Itai Miller at Voter Service and Polling Center in True Light Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Voters wait in the line at voter service and polling center at North High School in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Bailey Scalise, front, checks a voter's guide during her wait to cast her ballot at the voter service and polling center in North High School in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Paige Goldberg, right, casts her ballot at a voter service and polling center at North High School in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Election Judges Cindy Engel, left, and Zoe Krusic help voters with registration at a voter service and polling center in North High School in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Voters cast their ballot at the voter service and polling center in North High School in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Election judge John Franco, left, looks on as voters wait in the line at voter service and polling center in North High School in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Voters cast their ballots at the voter service and polling center in front of Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Voters wait in line at a voter service and polling center in front of Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Voters cast their ballots at a voter service and polling center in front of Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Emy Moon, left, walks into the bus to cast her ballot, the last one of the day, at the polling location in front of Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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From left, members of Mariachi America Javier Medina, DeJesus Diaz, Miguel Valaquez and Cesar Abraham perform outside the City and County Building for voters to open the polling places early Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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