By Eli Pace With the count official, Colorado saw record voting totals in the 2018 general election and ranks second nationwide for voter turnout.
In all, 2.5 million Coloradans cast ballots that were counted by county clerks in the last election, putting the turnout rate for eligible voters at 63 percent statewide, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
Across the U.S., that leaves Colorado behind only Minnesota, which turned out 64.3 percent of its eligible voters. However, Minnesota also had two races for U.S. Senate up for grabs in November with a special election to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Al Franken after he was accused of sexual misconduct, which likely helped drive voters to the polls.
At the same time, Colorado set a record for turnout, Summit County Clerk and Recordy Kathy Neel was confident the county saw more people cast ballots in the 2018 general election than for any other midterm election in the county’s history.
The high voter turnout rates in Colorado and Summit come as a reflection of the state’s mail-voting system, in which ballots are sent out to registered voters through the mail. Over 95 percent of Coloradoans who voted this year returned ballots they received …read more
Via:: Summit Daily