Know Your Voting Rights

While problems with voting centers continue to plague Denver County, it’s important to know your rights when casting your ballot.

On the state Democratic Party’s website there are general rights each voter should keep in mind.

1. If a voter’s name does not appear on the list of registered voters, that voter must be offered a provisional ballot.

2. If a voter does not have proper ID when voting, that voter must be offered a provisional ballot.

3. Proper forms of Identification include:

* A valid Colorado Driver’s License;

* A valid ID card issued by the Colorado Dept. of Revenue

* A valid U.S. military ID card with a photograph of the eligible elector?.

4. Any voter still in line at 7:00 p.m. when the polls close will be allowed to vote.

For help contact:

Election Protection 866-687-8683

Spanish language Election Protection 888-839-8682

Fair Vote Colorado 303-839-4300 x100

Erin Rosa was born in Spain and raised in Colorado Springs. She is a freelance writer currently living in Denver. Rosa's work has been featured in a variety of news outlets including the Huffington Post, Democracy Now!, and the Rocky Mountain Chronicle, an alternative-weekly in Northern Colorado where she worked as a columnist covering the state legislature. Rosa has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for her reporting on lobbying and woman's health issues. She was also tapped with a rare honorable mention award by the Newspaper Guild-CWA's David S. Barr Award in 2008--only the second such honor conferred in its nine-year history--for her investigative series covering the federal government's Supermax prison in the state. Rosa covers the labor community, corrections, immigration and government transparency matters. She can be reached at erosa@www.coloradoindependent.com.