4:46 p.m. update: Nearly 2.8 million Coloradans have cast votes in today’s election, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office . That count was for ballots reported received by counties as of 2 p.m., five hours before the end of voting at 7 p.m.
The 2,772,941 ballots received so far amount to 68% turnout among active voters in the state. Those are the voters who were automatically sent mail ballots. But compared to all registered voters, including those classified as inactive, turnout stands at about 60%.
Final turnout in the 2020 election in Colorado was 78.2% of all registered voters. Through Monday, the pace of ballot returns was trending behind 2020, but a strong final day could change that.
So far, about 44% of ballots have come from unaffiliated voters, about 28% from Democrats and 26.4% from Republicans.
4:25 p.m. update: The Denver Elections Division posted on X that the power outage has been resolved at Christ Church United Methodist, the site of a voter service and polling center at 690 N. Colorado Blvd. It had been temporarily closed since just after noon, and election officials posted about the center reopening about 3 p.m.
1:30 p.m. update: A voting center in Denver’s Hale neighborhood is temporarily closed for a power outage after a squirrel jumped into a nearby transformer, officials said Monday afternoon.
The voting center at Christ Church United Methodist, 690 N. Colorado Blvd., temporarily closed to voters at around 12:30 p.m.
Church officials posted a picture of the squirrel next to a ballot drop-off sign on Facebook and said they hope to restore power soon.
Other nearby voting centers include East High School and Cook Park, and all are available online.
Original story: It’s Election Day in Colorado. That means time is running out for voters to make their voices heard in the 2024 presidential election, in congressional and state legislative races, and on a bevy of statewide and local ballot measures.
The deadline to cast a vote is 7 p.m. That includes dropping off a ballot at a 24-hour drop box.
For voters still intending to vote using a ballot that was mailed to them, it’s too late to ship them back through the mail. All mail ballots must now be delivered to drop boxes or voting centers. Alternatively, voters may cast a ballot in person at voting centers that will be open across the state between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The Colorado secretary of state’s website — — provides a link to a tool that allows voters to find their nearest polling locations and ballot drop boxes by inputting their addresses.
Voters can also visit their local county clerk’s website to obtain more information about where they can vote. And Colorado on Election Day in person at a county voting center.
There will be 39 voter service and polling centers open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Denver alone. That’s on top of dozens of drop boxes. The Denver Clerk and Recorder’s Office offers an online map of all drop box and in-person voting locations in the city .
Public affairs editor Jon Murray contributed to this story.
