In the News:

Denver tops in use of provisional ballots
Rocky Mountain News, November 5, 2004

Denver voters appear to have cast a higher percentage of provisional ballots than voters in other metro counties. (read more >)

Election served democracy well
Denver Post, November 5, 2004

For all the worry and paranoia about polling place chaos, vote fraud and voter disenfranchisement, local election officials finished as runaway winners in Tuesday's election. (read more >)

Slow going in Boulder, provisionals delay results
Denver Post, November 5, 2004

Provisional ballots and a slow count in Boulder County had a few key contests still hanging in the balance Thursday. (read more >)

Provisional votes faced higher bar
Denver Post, November 14, 2004

Provisional ballots and a slow count in Boulder County had a few key contests still hanging in the balance Thursday. (read more >)

US needs uniform voting regulations
Denver Post, November 15, 2004

This year's election was free of massive problems at the polls, but U.S. election laws remain a muddle of federal, state and local rules that aren't all the same. (read more>)

Election day gremlins
Denver Post, Guest Editorial by Mary Wickersham,
November 14, 2004

From the post-election headlines, voters might think that there were no problems with the integrity of the election in Colorado. But that's not entirely accurate. (read more >)

Provisional votes tallied
Rocky Mountain News, November 16, 2004

From 76 percent to 85.5 percent of the provisional ballots cast in the metro area on Election Day will count, according to preliminary tallies. (read more >)

80% of provisionals will be counted
Rocky Mountain News, November 17, 2004

Eighty percent of the provisional ballots cast in Denver on Election Day will be counted, officials estimated Tuesday. (read more )

Election tab increases
Rocky Mountain News, November 18, 2004

The Denver Election Commission is seeking an additional $550,000 to cover the price of the Nov. 2 general election, blaming higher costs on the need for extra judges and temporary staff to keep an election rife with controversy running smoothly. (read more >)

Unregistered voters tallied
Rocky Mountain News, Novemmber 19, 2004

Thousands of unregistered voters throughout the metro area showed up at the polls and cast provisional ballots on Election Day, accounting for slightly more than 55 percent of those that were tossed. (read more >)

Absentee voters grow frustrated
Rocky Mountain News, October 30, 2004

Out-of-state voters and parents of far-flung college students were growing desperate Friday as Denver absentee ballots still hadn't arrived, fueling concern that some wouldn't be able to vote in Tuesday's presidential election. (read more >)

Early voters face lines ‘from hell'
Rocky Mountain News, October, 30, 2004

Apparently, you can be a procrastinator and still be an early voter.

By 6 p.m. Friday - the last day to vote early - thousands of people waited in long lines at grocery stores, libraries and county government buildings throughout the state. For some, the wait took more than three hours. (read more >)

Election becomes a test of trust
Denver Post, October 31, 2004

Legions of Coloradans voted early, voted absentee or won't vote at all. Hundreds of watchdogs will camp out at the polls. And teams of partisan lawyers will have written legal complaints long before the precincts even open Tuesday morning. (read more >)

Frequently asked questions
Denver Post, October 31, 2004

... And other info you may need (read more >)

Focus turns to turnout
Denver Post, October 31, 2004

"Go vote - it's your right," state Sen. Dan Grossman, D-Denver, told the handful of neighbors gathered in McElhinney's sun-dappled living room. "If you're not sure you're registered, if you're not sure what your precinct is, then that's what provisional ballots are for." (read more >)

A beautiful sight: lines at the polls
Denver Post Column by Diane Carmen, October 31, 2004

It was the last day of early voting, so I went shopping for a polling site. The Safeway at 48th and Chambers seemed like a good place to commit democracy, so I headed northeast with Bruce Springsteen on the stereo turned up loud. (read more >)

Unaffiliated voters at a peak
Denver Post, October 29, 2004

A recent swell in the registration of unaffiliated voters has fueled record-breaking numbers of voters in Colorado. (read more >)

Counties check eligibility of inmates to vote
Denver Post, October 29, 2004

Some election officials are scrambling to make sure people serving misdemeanor sentences in county jails do not vote by absentee ballot before Tuesday. (read more >)

Bush campaign says early voters not ID'd, Dem electioneering allowed
Denver Post, October 29, 2004

Republicans fired the first shot Thursday in what is shaping up to be a bitter, partisan battle over misconduct at Colorado's polls. (read more >)

Early voting brisk
Rocky Mountain News, October 29, 2004

Today is the last day to vote early. If you don't cast a ballot at one of many early voting sites throughout Colorado, you have to wait until Election Day - Tuesday - and vote at your precinct. (read more >)

Workers clock out – to vote
Rocky Mountain News, October 29, 2004

Several Boulder business owners are rallying their peers, encouraging them to enable employees to vote early - on company time. (read more >)

Effort to get out the vote hits overdrive
Rocky Mountain News, October 29, 2004

Both parties, groups focus final push on generating numbers (read more >)

Young voters a wild card
Denver Post, Oct. 28

There's a new force in Colorado politics, an elusive voting bloc that both parties want on their side: the young voter. (read more >)

Colo. Counties count on four different ballot systems
Denver Post, Oct. 28

In Denver, election clerks are using the latest in high-tech machinery to record voter choices with the touch of a screen. (read more >)

Fur flies at session on election
Denver Post, Oct. 28

Top lawyers for Colorado Democrats and Republicans sparred bitterly Wednesday over the possibility of widespread legal challenges on Election Day. (read more >)

2 charged in false voter applications in Denver case
Denver Post, Oct. 28

Two people who allegedly submitted 30 false voter applications were charged Thursday in a continuing crackdown on election irregularities in Colorado.
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2 charged in voter fraud
Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 28

Denver prosecutors charged two people Wednesday with falsely filling out multiple voter forms to boost their pay in a paid registration drive. (read more >)

503,246 ballots already collected
Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 28

Like dogged marathon runners, Colorado election officials headed down the final stretch Wednesday, collecting more than half a million early ballots, hiring lawyers and hammering out rules for poll watchers. (read more >)

Long lines in frozen foods, but voters chill out
Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 28

Throughout the state, voters continued to stream into grocery stores, banks and county offices to cast early ballots for the upcoming general election. (read more >)

Voting machines are secure, officials tell skeptical public
Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 28

Potential hackers would have to travel to multiple precincts (read more >)

Davidson stands by election official
Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 28

More local groups asked Secretary of State Donetta Davidson on Wednesday to investigate charges an election official made racist remarks, but she refused. (read more >)

Clerks cheer early turnout
Denver Post, October 26, 2004

More than 325,000 voters have cast ballots already in Colorado. (read more >)

Larimer voters can pick polling place
Denver Post, October 26, 2004

Larimer County officials say they have the remedy to the voting problems emerging in Colorado and the country - and it involves making old-fashioned voting precincts extinct. (read more >)

GOP wins key vote cases
Denver Post, October 26, 2004

Republicans have won a string of legal victories in recent days in cases involving important election disputes in battleground states such as Ohio, Florida and Michigan. (read more >)

Absentee, early voting ‘a runaway'
Rocky Mountain News, October 26, 2004

More than 250,000 Coloradans have cast absentee or early ballots, drawn by hotly contested state and national races - or by fears of last-minute problems on Election Day. (read more >)

Voters warned of intimidation
Rocky Mountain News, October 26, 2004

A civil rights coalition vowed Monday that minorities, women and the poor will be especially empowered to vote this year and any attempts to intimidate them will be challenged. (read more >)

Clerk: Numbers no threat to voters
Rocky Mountain News, October 26, 2004

County Clerk Linda Salas testified Monday that voter privacy isn't threatened by the use of serial numbers on ballots. (read more >)

Ballot goof has Douglas scrambling
Rocky Mountain News, October 25, 2004

The Douglas County clerk said Sunday that her office has discovered that ballots for 27,000 registered voters in the county are incomplete, the latest in a string of ballot problems for local election officials. (read more >)

Colo. counties begin tallying votes
Denver Post, October 24, 2004

Even before early voting is over, early counting was already under way Saturday in some counties. Clerks throughout the state got a jump on the process, taking advantage of Colorado election law that permits early counting 10 days before Election Day. (read more >)

Training varies for election judges
Denver Post, October 24, 2004

The estimated 16,000 Coloradans training as election judges are learning to run polling places in ways that vary dramatically between counties. (read more >)

Early, absentee voters run election officials ragged
Rocky Mountain News, October 23, 2004

Exhausted election officials are barely keeping up with tidal waves of voters who keep swamping their offices with questions and requests for absentee ballots. In counties across the state, voters are racing to secure and cast ballots long before Nov. 2. (read more >)

Missing absentee ballots in the mail
Rocky Mountain News, October 23, 2004

The 13,000 absentee ballots that the Denver Election Commission's vendor had failed to send out are finally on their way to voters. (read more >)

Election delays expected
Rocky Mountain News, October 23, 2004

As county clerks chipped away at eliminating 55,000 duplicate voter registrations Friday, the state's election chief said Colorado could be one of several states that hold up results of the presidential election. (read more >)

Early balloting off to roaring start across Colorado
Denver Post, October 22, 2004

More than 65,000 people have already voted in Colorado, with clerks from counties large and small reporting long lines and special accommodations to handle the rush.
(read more >)

Davidson sets rules for poll watchers
Denver Post, October 22, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson spelled out the rules for poll watchers Thursday to Colorado's political party attorneys: Only one representative for each party will be allowed inside each poll. (read more >)

Distrust of election process deadly
Denver Post Editorial, October 22, 2004

I'm not certain if people have always been as suspicious as they are now about elections. But I believe that one of the great strengths of the U.S. political system is that our citizens trust the democratic process. (read more >)

Privacy prompts voter suit
Denver Post, October 22, 2004

Serial numbers on ballots worry Boulder County residents (read more >)

Davidson sets rules for poll monitoring
Rocky Mountain News, October 22, 2004

Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson laid down the law for poll watchers Thursday, saying she may not let them use cell phones, she'll enforce secrecy, and if more than one shows up per precinct, she'll show them the door. (read more >)

Flack to handle flak
electoral role Rocky Mountain News, October 22, 2004

Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson will pay up to $45,000 to a local public relations firm to help her office with media strategy and a voter education campaign.
(read more >)

Repeats fill voter rolls
Denver Post, October 19, 2004

Colorado's swollen voter rolls have passed the 3 million mark, but as many as 55,000 names appear in the secretary of state's voter list more than once. (read more >)

Early voting begins smoothly around the state
Denver Post, October 19, 2004

Coloradans flocked to special polls in big numbers on the first day of early voting and encountered few glitches.(read more >)

Proper precinct, ID required
Denver Post, October 19, 2004

A Denver judge Monday upheld state laws requiring that Coloradans vote in their own precincts and show identification at the polls (read more >)

Judges ruling brings clarity to ballot issues
Denver Post Editorial, October 19, 2004

Voters now have some guidance on identification, absentee voting and where to vote. Citizens need to know the rules to make sure their votes count. (read more >)

State's voter rolls grow to 3 million
Rocky Mountain News, October 19, 2004

The wave of voter registration drives that rolled across Colorado swelled rolls by about 110,000 new voters - more than half unaffiliated with a political party - in less than a month. (read more >)

Colorado 's first day for voting ‘heaving than it ever has been'
Rocky Mountain News, October 19, 2004

The tightest of all elections was only 15 days away, but Antonio Darby decided he couldn't wait to make a difference. (read more >)

Absentee ballot rule tossed
Rocky Mountain News, October, 19, 2004

Any voter who requests an absentee ballot but fails to fill it out will be allowed to cast a provisional ballot at the polls, a Denver District judge ruled Monday. (read more >)

Election judges will have hands full
Rocky Mountain News, October 19, 2004

Voters arriving at their precinct on Election Day must present a valid form of identification to cast a ballot. No, wait a minute. They can vote without ID, but they must cast a provisional ballot. (read more >)

Littwin : This year's election could use a bag over its face
Rocky Mountain News Column, October 19, 2004

This is an ugly little story. In other words, it's about Election 2004. (read more >)

State sets sights on poll fraud
Denver Post, October 18, 2004

Embattled Secretary of State Donetta Davidson called in reinforcements Sunday to expedite the investigation and prosecution of voter fraud. (read more >)

Political parties have so much at stake, so much distrust
Denver Post Editorial, October 18, 2004

Let the 2004 Election Games begin. Vote early, but not often. Hope everyone does the same.Today is the first day Coloradans are eligible to cast regular ballots in what many folks consider the most important election of their lifetimes. (read more >)

DNC is crying wolf for voters
Denver Post Editorial, October 18, 2004

Early voting begins today. So if you're uncertain about your registration status, if you feel villainous street merchants may have thrown out your forms, you should call and verify your standing. (read more >)

Early voting begins if you just can't wait
Denver Post, October 18, 2004

Starting today, Coloradans can vote early at county election offices and other polling locations. But you might want to wait until Nov. 2 things can change. (read more >)

Early voting begins today in Colorado
Rocky Mountain News, October 18, 2004

Coloradans can vote early at a variety of sites in their counties, including elections offices, Motor Vehicle Division offices and grocery stores. Early voting for the Nov. 2 election continues through Oct. 29. (read more >)

Legal eagles will eye voting
Denver Post, October 17, 2004

Party activists are lawyering up in preparation for Nov. 2, planning to dispatch as many legal observers as election judges to the polls. (read more >)

State officials try to reassure voters of a clean election
Rocky Mountain News, October 17, 2004

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Bipartisan love for Davidson
Rocky Mountain News, October 16, 2004

Secretary of state has supporters on both sides of aisle. (read more >)

Davidson rules on unregistered voters
Rocky Mountain News, October 16, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson made it official Friday: Certain unregistered voters will be able to cast a ballot at the polls. (read more >)

Johnson: Come Monday, I'm done with it
Rocky Mountain News Editorial, October 16, 2004

I cannot wait for Monday. It probably isn't cool for a rapidly aging newspaper columnist to admit such a feeling of giddiness, but I can't help it. (read more >)

Faulty voter applications are blamed on workers
Rocky Mountain News, October 15, 2004

Sneaky voter-drive employees are to blame for submitting hundreds of faulty registration applications in Colorado, said an official with the nonprofit organization that mobilized the effort. (read more >)

Phony voter registrations high
Rocky Mountain News, October 14, 2004

People involved in gathering phony voter registrations will be prosecuted and can face up to 18 months in prison, prosecutors said Wednesday. (read more >)

Election chief at key juncture
Denver Post, October 15, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson faces criticism over delays in implementing policies and preventing voter fraud.
(read more >)

Clerks, Davidson work on key rules
Denver Post, October 15, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson met with several Front Range county clerks Thursday morning to clarify some election rules, just in time for two counties that began training election judges this week. (read more >)

Parties clash on election procedures
Denver Post, October 15, 2004

A top GOP lawyer is to meet today with the secretary of state about voting rules as both sides fire charges of dirty politics. (read more >)

Counties ferret out attempts at fraud
Denver Post, October 15, 2004

Despite the crush of unprecedented voter applications brought on by voting drives in the state, county clerks in the metro area vow to catch the illegal signup of voters that may reach into the thousands. (read more >)

Johnson: Davidson's rhetoric calls for a little reality check
Rocky Mountain News Editorial, October 15, 2004

It is both remarkable and, in many ways, quite sad that here, less than three weeks from Election Day, that this should be at all the discussion in free, democratic, one-person-one-vote America.

What you should know, too, is what Fair Vote Colorado learned the other day. Mark Eddy put it directly to the attorney general: How many instances in the history of Colorado had the office uncovered one person actually voting more than one time in an election? It had no record of it occurring even once. (read more>)

Faulty voter applications are blamed on workers
Rocky Mountain News, October 15, 2004

Sneaky voter-drive employees are to blame for submitting hundreds of faulty registration applications in Colorado, said an official with the nonprofit organization that mobilized the effort. (read more >)

Rosen: The ‘right' way to vote
Rocky Mountain New Editorial, October 15, 2004

If more citizens were well-informed, the option of bypassing the legislature to let the people vote directly on constitutional amendments and legislation might make better sense. But they're not, and while ballot measures have produced some good individual results, they've also coughed up some turkeys. (read more >)

Colorado attorneys mobilize for post-vote showdowns
Rocky Mountain News, October 14, 2004

Across Colorado, lawyers are on the march, polishing up their arguments and loading their laptops, getting ready to go to war over the 2004 election. (read more >)

State focused on voter rights
Denver Post Editorial, October 14, 2004

Given the burgeoning concerns surrounding the Nov. 2 vote count, the last thing we need is people mucking up the works with fraudulent registration forms. Officials are right to tackle any incidents of voter fraud. (read more >)

Election-rule muddle frustrates many
Denver Post, October 14, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson has yet to clarify rules for precinct workers to follow on Election Day, leaving critics fearing mass confusion at the polls. (read more >)

Unregistered voters, rejoice
Denver Post Editorial, October 14, 2004

From fraud-riddled voter drives, which have turned up thousands of questionable voter registration forms already, to the 6,000 felons who somehow ended up on the voter rolls, anyone who envisions a smooth election should be mortified. (read more >)

Illegal voters get stern warning
Denver Post, October 14, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson said Wednesday that she will aggressively pursue the prosecution of voter registration fraud uncovered throughout the state. (read more >)

State elections chief says she's been left “out of the loop” on voter fraud
Denver Post, October 13, 2004

After a cascade of allegations about voter fraud, Colorado's top election official, today said she had been left "out of the loop" and accused Colorado's attorney general of not doing enough to prosecute potential ballot crimes. (read more >)

Partisan fingers point on voter-fraud issue
Rocky Mountain News, October 14, 2004

Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson said Wednesday that she has been left "out of the loop" on voter fraud by the attorney general - and she will call for a grand jury if abuses aren't prosecuted. (read more >)

Election worries increasing
Rocky Mountain News, October 13, 2004

The Denver Election Commission held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss controversial new voter-registration rules some fear will create mayhem on Nov. 2. (read more>)

Clerks gird for long Election Day
Rocky Mountain News, October 13, 2004

But many remain optimistic despite the changing rules (read more >)

Other states stymied by new regulations
Rocky Mountain News, October 13, 2004

Colorado election officials aren't alone in their confusion over voting regulations and provisional ballots. The November election is shaping up to be a mess in several states, mostly because of new federal rules. (read more >)

Deluge of new voters
Denver Post, October 13, 2004

The rush to register voters in advance of a hotly contested election has drawn more than 300,000 new voters to the Colorado rolls this year. (read more >)

Still time to avert election grief
Denver Post Editorial, October 13, 2004

More than 100,000 new voters have registered this year alone - many thousands in the last few weeks. That portends long lines Nov. 2, hundreds of telephone inquiries, harried election workers and a likely surge in the number of ballots cast - both regular and provisional. (read more >)

Voter-drive edict jars county clerks
Rocky Mountain News, October 12, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson shocked county clerks Monday when she said voters who are victims of registration-drive problems may still vote on Nov. 2 - even if they aren't on the rolls. (read more >)

The Chicken Littles of Colorado's election
Rocky Mountain News Editorial, October 12, 2004

Colorado prides itself on conducting comparatively clean elections, but an alliance of activist groups and pundits is trying to convince Denver District Judge Morris Hoffman as well as voters that devious officials are out to sabotage this tradition and rob people of their vote. Just this week, for example, The Denver Post contended that "new state rules have been drafted that could disenfranchise thousands of Colorado voters." (read more >)

Clerks brace for backup ballots
Rocky Mountain News, October 12, 2004

Everyone agrees that any person who is eligible to vote should get that chance. The practicality of applying that notion is a different story altogether. (read more >)

State to search out felon voters
Rocky Mountain News, October 12, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson on Monday said she will comb through three state databases and create a fourth to flag the more than 6,000 felons on Colorado voting rolls. (read more >)

More weaknesses in state's voting system
Denver Post Editorial, October 12, 2004

With exactly three weeks until the election, and just six days before early voting begins, the secretary of state's office has 6,000 more reasons to be concerned about the integrity of this year's election. (read more >)

Routt voter's exercise in frustration
Denver Post Editorial, October 12, 2004

Thom Cuttita is one tenacious guy. And he's such a determined voter that no amount of bureaucratic ineptness or harassment can discourage him from casting his ballot.
(read more >)

Felons will get to cast special ballot
Denver Post, October 12, 2004

Secretary of State Donetta Davidson is asking Colorado counties not to turn felons away from the polls, but to let them cast emergency ballots that likely won't count on Election Day. (read more >)

Grocery strike could hinder some early voters
Denver Post, October 12, 2004

Early voting in Denver could be affected by a potential grocery-workers strike, and election officials are discussing whether to have police patrols on hand to prevent any possible confrontations between prospective voters and picketing workers. (read more >)

6,000 felons on voter lists
Denver Post, October 10, 2004

With less than a month until Election Day, Colorado's registration rolls include as many as 6,000 felons who should be ineligible to vote. (read more >)

Johnson: Vote despite the red tape
Rocky Mountain News Column, October 9, 2004

Quite simply, people want to keep many of us from the ballot box. This is such a strange sentence to type, all the more so because in 2004 America, it is all too apparent. (read more >)

Your right to vote is in peril
Denver Post, Jim Spencer, October 8, 2004

Do your darndest not to cast a provisional ballot on Nov. 2. (read more >)

Uncertainty clouds Colorado voting rules
Denver Post Editorial, October 8, 2004

Voters, beware. We feel a warning is in order because new state rules have been drafted that could disenfranchise thousands of Colorado voters. (read more >)

Group asks judge to block provisional-ballot rules
Rocky Mountain News, October 5, 2004

Colorado Common Cause asked a judge today to temporarily block strict new rules on provisional ballots while a lawsuit challenging the regulations is heard. (read more >)

Judge hears dispute on ID mandate for voters
Denver Post, October 6, 2004

A Denver judge on Tuesday heard arguments in a legal battle that, as he put it, pits "the right to vote" against "the right to have your vote counted correctly and not diluted by voter fraud." (read more >)

Group calls for accuracy in vote counting
Rocky Mountain News, October 6, 2004

Local activists have demanded greater assurance that ballots cast in the Nov. 2 general election will be counted accurately. (read more >)

Suit blasts vote laws
Rocky Mountains News, October 6, 2004

Attorneys spent more than eight hours in court Tuesday trying to convince a judge that Colorado voting laws disenfranchise thousands of legitimate voters (read more >)

Group challenges new voting rules
Daily Camera, October 6, 2004

Colorado Common Cause asked a judge Tuesday to temporarily block strict new rules on provisional ballots while a lawsuit challenging the regulations is heard. (read more >)

Gimme paper, voters say
Denver Post, October 3, 2004

In a simpler time, the major concern about voting fraud was that people might vote more than once. Now it's that some voters won't have their votes counted at all. (read more >)

Would-be Nov. 2 voters warned of deadline, pitfalls
Denver Post, October 3, 2004

The deadline to register to vote in the November election is Monday, and the secretary of state's office is encouraging people to register while warning them of some absentee-ballot pitfalls. (read more >)

State's voter registration form contains error on ID request
Rocky Mountain News, October 2, 2004

With only two days left to register to vote, a flaw in the state's voter registration form may be deterring some potential voters from filling it out. (read more >)

Count every vote
Daily Camera Editorial, October 2, 2004

Libertarian types often warn of the unintended consequences of well-intended laws.The Help America Vote Act, or HAVA, designed and passed by Congress to allay concerns raised by the 2000 presidential election, may well turn out to be a distressing confirmation of that truism. (read more>)

Owens enters voting-rights case
Denver Post, October 1, 2004

Governor supports secretary of state in lawsuit over provisional ballots and IDs. (read more >)

Vote rule challenged
Rocky Mountain News, October 1, 2004

Secretary of state hears complaints that standards may disenfranchise some (read more >)

Ballot provision may disenfranchise voters Denver Post Editorial, September 29, 2004

Colorado's secretary of state has drafted a rule that would allow only presidential votes to count on some provisional ballots. The courts should throw out the rule. (read more >)

New laws may tangle vote
Denver Post, 9/27/2004

Regulations designed to fight voter fraud and disenfranchisement could work against each other, some critics say. (read more >)

Lawsuits along the campaign trail
Denver Post, September 27, 2004

Elections are supposed to be decided on the campaign trail and, finally, at the polls. But this year, a lot of the political action has taken place in courtrooms. (read more >)

Act now to handle crush of new voters
Denver Post Editorial, 9/23/2004

Colorado counties need to make sure they process thousands of new applications from citizens registering to vote this fall. It's critical to ensuring all votes will count. (read more >)

Voter registrations swamp county office's; errors feared Denver Post, 9/23/2004

Several Colorado counties face heavy backlogs in signing up a swell of new voters and are scrambling to update registration rolls before early voting starts Oct. 18. (read more >)

Hot races attract voters to Nov. 2
Rocky Mountain News, 9/22/2004

About 30,000 Coloradans registered to vote from mid-August to mid-September, the latest wave in a year of unprecedented voter interest in politics. (read more >)

Activists sue to halt new voter rules
Denver Post Editorial, 9/22/2004

Government watchdogs are seeking to stop new state election policies they say will disenfranchise voters on Election Day. (read more >)

Where and how to vote
Daily Camera, 9/19/2004

Who can vote: To be eligible to vote, a person must: Be 18 or older; Be a U.S. citizen; Consider Boulder County his/her sole legal place of residence; Be registered to vote by Oct. 4...
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Getting out the vote
Daily Camera, 9/19/2004

Boulder County voter registration spikes.Sign up, show up and vote. That's the mantra of this year's presidential election. (read more >)

Jittery about voting
Denver Post Editorial, 9/5/2004

Could the 2004 election be hashed up or stolen? A variety of activist groups, computer geeks and ordinary citizens, worried about the spread of new electronic voting systems since 2000, seems to think so.
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Voting reforms not finished yet
Denver Post Editorial 9/5/2004

Nearly four years after the 2000 Florida vote fiasco, reform of the nation's election systems is unfinished business, and some Americans remain uneasy about the accuracy and reliability of election returns.
(read more >)

Walcher wins GOP nomination
Daily Camera, 8/27/2004

After a bitter campaign and 16 days of counting ballots, state Rep. Matt Smith conceded Thursday that he lost the GOP nomination for Congress to former state natural resources chief Greg Walcher by 273 votes.
(read more >)

District 52 primary recount looms
Daily Camera, 8/24/2004

A recount is looming in the Democratic primary to represent state House District 52 in the Colorado Legislature.
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Ballots get Boulder 's vote
Rocky Mountain News, 8/23/2004

County ditches punch cards in favor of slower-to-tally but easier-to-track paper voting
(read more >)

By 54 votes, Boand wins contested GOP primary
Denver Post, 8/23/2004

In the end, the margin was just 54 votes. After verifying provisional and absentee ballots Friday evening, Douglas elections officials were able to declare a winner in the hotly contested Republican primary for a County Commission seat.
(read more >)

U.S. voters uninformed
Daily Camera, 8/22/2004

U.S. voters uninformed. Most Americans know very little about politics
(read more >)

Worker in voter drive charged
Denver Post, 8/21/2004

State authorities have charged a former employee of a voter-registration drive with forging nearly 50 voter-registration applications.
(read more >)

Campaign begins without a winner
Denver Post, 8/19/2004

Democratic state House candidates Bill Bertschy and John Kefalas aren't waiting to find out who won their close primary contest to start campaigning.
(read more >)

Results days away in primaries
Denver Post, 8/17/2004

Results days away in primaries Douglas County commission, House Dist. 52 races await verified ballots
(read more >)

America must ensure fair election system
Denver Post Editorial, 8/15/2004

The United States appears headed toward another close presidential contest. Will voting reforms prevent another mess like the one in Florida in 2000?
(read more >)

Smith: ‘I won't be bullied' to concede
Denver Post, 8/14/2004

State Rep. Matt Smith said he "won't be bullied" into conceding the 3rd Congressional District primary, even though Colorado Republican leaders concluded Friday that hundreds of uncounted provisional ballots will not snatch victory from Greg Walcher.
(read more >)

Salazar: potential foe too eager
Rocky Mountain News, 8/13/2004

Democrat John Salazar needled his unofficial Republican opponent in the 3rd Congressional District Thursday for beginning his campaign before all disputes have been resolved in the GOP primary.
(read more >)

Candidates win, lose – or wait
10 primary races undecided; 12 days for provisional count
Rocky Mountain News, 8/12/2004

The Fort Collins contest was the only one of 10 legislative primary battles that remained undecided, although contestants in two Boulder County races didn't know who had won until early Wednesday.
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Provisional votes vital to primary contests
Denver Post, 8/12/2004

Provisional votes vital to several primary contests From margins of 2 to 279, tight finishes will be determined in coming days as officials determine which ballots are valid.
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Walcher: 'We won'
But 3rd District rival won't concede until all votes are counted
Rocky Mountain News, 8/12/2004

Walcher, of Palisade, edged past state Rep. Matt Smith by 277 votes in Tuesday's balloting. That's about 35 votes more than the 0.5 percent margin that triggers an automatic recount under Colorado law.
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Guarding Democracy at the Polls
Denver Post, 8/11/2004

Tuesday's primary in Colorado warmed up folks such as Montoya for November's White House and U.S. Senate battles. Election Protection targeted 19 predominantly Hispanic precincts Tuesday. The group put monitors at each to make sure no one was disenfranchised by new laws that require voters to show specific forms of identification.
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Why the big deal about a voter ID?
New Colorado requirement is long overdue
Rocky Mountain News, August 10, 2004

Be kind to your local election judge. If you're voting in today's primary, bring proper identification.

This is the first election in Colorado where some sort of ID will be required of every voter. Although this state's law is stricter than the new federal voting requirements, we have no objection to it. Indeed, we wonder why such a requirement wasn't imposed years ago.
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