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A deleted voter story at a local Denver TV station has...

How can a major local TV station adequately correct misleading election information it published in an environment where a credible news outlet's mistakes can become...

Dems take lead in returning ballots in first week

  Colorado voters are turning in their ballots at a rate far exceeding the numbers of 2014, according to ballot return information posted throughout the...

Forgot the extra postage for your ballot? Don’t stress, you’re covered.

  If you’re planning to mail in your ballot this year, there’s a one-in-three chance it will need an extra stamp. Twenty-four counties, including Boulder and...

Veto pressure mounts as Hickenlooper reviews open-records elections bill

In the weeks since the Colorado legislative session ended, calls for Gov. John Hickenlooper to veto House Bill 1036 have come from the political left, right and center, from government watchdog organizations, citizen rights and tax reform activists and from representatives of the sovereign Ute Mountain Ute tribe in southwest Colorado. Whatever happens by next Friday, when the deadline to sign the bill arrives, wrangling over its contents and legitimacy will continue indefinitely.

Bar codes allow ballots to be traced back to voters in...

The challenges mounting on Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler's desk go beyond whether to mail ballots to residents who haven't voted in a while. He has another predicament: bar codes.