Denver voter turnout on higher end of recent off-year elections, with surge on election day
Well, younger Coloradans got around to it eventually. Younger than 61, that is.
Voting booths at the Harvey Park Recreation Center. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Well, younger Coloradans got around to it eventually. Younger than 61, that is. We’ll get to the younger-than-41 question in a minute.
Denver turned out about as well as can be expected in a year when all that was being asked of it was to consider a billion dollars in projects, green roofs and school board seats. This still could be the highest number of ballots returned in an off-year election.
The Colorado Secretary of State says just over 137,000 ballots from Denver voters had been returned as of 7:16 a.m. Wednesday. That beats the 2015 coordinated elections returns reported by the Denver Elections Division, which says 124,000 Denverites voted in that election. That was the year we voted on National Western Center funding, keeping marijuana tax money and a few school board seats. (Here are the 2015 Denver coordinated election results.)
In that year’s municipal election, which occurred in May, 102,000 Denverites voted. That was all 13 city council seats and Mayor Hancock’s reelection. (Here are the 2015 Denver municipal election results, and here are the results of the four run-off elections that resulted.)
As of 7:16 a.m. Wednesday, the Colorado Secretary of State reported that of the 1.2 million ballots returned so far this year, about 529,000 came from Coloradans 61 and older, while 653,000 came from Coloradans 60 and younger.
That’s a big shift from Tuesday morning, when the Secretary of State’s numbers showed the 61-and-up crowd leading with 450,000 ballots to 419,000 from 60-and-unders.
(Dave Burdick/Denverite)
Still, only 243,000 ballots had been returned by voters between 18 and 40 years old. Voters aged 41-60 returned 410,000.
(Dave Burdick/Denverite)
This is a developing story and will be updated.
After East High shooting, armed police are headed back to DPS high schools until the end of the school year. The debate to keep them there is underway
East High students march on State Capitol and call for gun control a day after school shooting
Cleo Parker Robinson among those honored at White House with National Medal of the Arts
East High shooting: Coroner confirms body is suspect’s as students plan protest
Big money floods the fight over the Park Hill Golf Course — 155 acres of Northeast Park Hill
“We just buried Luis”: East High parents, students fume after another shooting and call for stricter security
East High shooting: Police say they’ve found a body near the suspected shooter’s car in Park County. One victim remains in the hospital.
Sun Valley is rapidly changing, but a History Colorado project wants to keep the neighborhood’s memory alive
PlatteForum’s latest show features the work of a rising star in the Denver street photography scene — and his mentees
Kelly Brough’s partner has long influenced city politics on behalf of businesses like Frontier Airlines, Kroenke and large developers
So you voted for a candidate who dropped out of the election. What happens to your vote?
More than $1 million in taxpayer money went out to mayoral campaigns in final payment
Tamayo and Toro are premiering a bee-themed menu to raise awareness about the climate crisis facing our honey-making friends
Denver is paying out $110,000 for two liability claims involving police
Denver metro area had more than 13,000 permits filed for new apartments last year
An unlikely union between a hospital and a writers’ workshop is helping medical workers with trauma
Outside spending for mayoral hopeful Johnston gives him the edge in money race
Alfonzo Porter, Denver Urban Spectrum editor-in-chief, has died
Park Hill Golf Course developers tried to silence nonprofit Sisters of Color this week
