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Report: Registration Issue in 81301

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User Report

First time voters in Colorado must include a copy of proper identification with their mail-in ballots. Women at the polling place were telling us that this is a myth and it does not matter if you have proper identification or not. This is an absolute false statement on their part-- it is essential that first time voters have proper identification.

Voting in Colorado

9 Electoral Votes

Polling Hours: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

2008 Registered Voters: 3,208,392 as of 11/03 (Colorado Secretary of State Elections Center)

Change from 2004: +3%

Election Day Registration: No

Post-Election Manual Audits: Yes

ID Requirements: Photo or non-photo ID required of all voters

Provisional Voting: Eligible for verification if cast in correct jurisdiction

Voting System: Optical scan, hand-counted paper ballots and DRE with and without VVPAT

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Lack of Bilingual Ballots Angers Some in Colo.

State: Colorado

In Colorado, activists and a county clerk clashed over a lack of bilingual ballots. No voting instructions were printed in Spanish and there were not enough translators available at precincts in the county, which is 27 percent Latino. During early voting, Spanish speakers waited in line for more than two hours for translation assistance. (Denver Post) Read More »

A Few Snags, But Voters Persist

State: Colorado

Voting continues in Denver despite the failure of some voting machines. Election judges at Manual High School in Denver's Whittier neighborhood switched to paper ballots after computerized voting machines failed. (Denver Post) Read More »

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