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Liveblog: Mid-afternoon Election Day

T-minus five hours and we're hitting the Election Day home stretch. The Colorado polls are been surprisingly quiet while long lines and ballot problems are being reported throughout the nation. How's it look from your precinct?

Labor launches election ‘protection,’ GOTV efforts in Colorado

A coalition of nonprofit groups, the AFL-CIO and election attorneys is working to protect the vote in Colorado and eight other battleground states.

Musgrave sees fundraising boost in final week of election

After failing to out raise her Democratic opponent throughout most of the last six months, Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's fundraising has hit overdrive in the final week of the election.

Liveblog: Mid-day voting thread

Election watchdogs are reporting problems throughout the state. What's been your experience? Check here for instant analysis, election updates and quirky news.

Election Day problems? Report them here

We're tracking and reporting polling problems throughout Colorado. Having difficulty casting a ballot? Encountering long lines? Let us know.

Obama lawyers defend ‘vote fraud’ efforts

As Republican charges of “fraud” and Democratic claims of “voter suppression” have escalated in the home stretch of the presidential campaign, liberal activists have started blasting Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign’s “voter protection effort” for not doing enough to ensure that all Democratic votes will get counted on Election Day.

Countdown to Election Day in pictures

Join us as we reminisce on this long campaign season beginning with the Colorado Republican Party's state convention to Election Day preparations in Denver.

McCain heads to Grand Junction for Election Day rally to shore...

Sen. John McCain is planning a barnstorming Nov. 4 campaign stop in Grand Junction for a last ditch get-out-the-vote push. The surprise airplane hangar rally in this GOP stronghold on the Utah-Colorado border ramps up further speculation that the McCain-Palin camp's internal polling may not be predicting as comfortable a win margin as was once expected on the Western Slope.

Voting on Election Day in Colorado? Here’s what you need to...

It will likely take planning, preparation and perseverance to get through the longest ballot in Colorado history amid unprecedented turnout for the historic 2008 election. Even though more than half of the state's active voters have already cast a ballot, it all comes down to Election Day, when as many as one million Colorado residents will trek to their local polling place and exercise their right to vote.

Election Day resources for voters

Having trouble at the polls? Election experts are standing-by to help. Click on the images to directly connect to election checklists, polling place finders, voter guides, legal assistance and poll video sites.