DENVER – Millions of Colorado voters will decide who will be their next U.S. senator and president, congressional and legislative races, 11 statewide ballot questions and more in the 2020 General Election.
Denver7 will have a running live blog of election and voting updates throughout the day Tuesday as voting continues in Colorado and through the General Election after polls close at 7 p.m. and races are decided across the state and country.
We will also have continuous updates throughout the day Tuesday, Wednesday and as races nationwide continue to be tabulated throughout the week on social media and our streaming apps on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Android TV. You can also watch 24/7 Denver7 news coverage in the player below or by clicking here.
More election information: Denver7 Election Guide and Resources | Election 2020 coverage | How you can still vote in Colorado Tuesday | General Election Results (Starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday) | How the AP calls races | What to look for in early results
The newest updates can be found at the top of the blog. Refresh this page for the latest updates. (All times Mountain):
Tuesday, Nov. 3
6:35 a.m. | Election Day morning update with Secretary of State Jena Griswold
More than 2.8 million Coloradans have voted as of 11:30 p.m. Monday, Griswold said during a brief morning check-in with Denver7. She said this puts us just 20,000 votes short of all votes cast in the 2016 presidential election.
Anybody who plans to vote in person today should wear a mask, she said. Election judges are required to wear a mask, social distance and sanitize the voting equipment.
COVID-19 aside, Griswold said Colorado is the "gold standard" for having safe, secure and accessible elections.
“Our system is so safe because we use a voter-verified paper ballot," she said. "Paper ballots, of course, are much more resistant to cyberattacks because they can’t be hacked.”
Those who vote in person and use the voting machines can rest assured knowing the machines are not connected to the internet, she said.
Griswold said they are expecting to be able to report 70-80% of results by Tuesday evening. But the final tally won't come until at least Wednesday, if not later.
"Election night results are never final results," she said.
The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. today.
Monday, Nov. 2
10:40 p.m. | 2 filmed people dropping ballots in Arapahoe Co.
Elections officials reported Monday that two men were set up outside an Arapahoe County building in Littleton filming people as they dropped off their ballots in the drop box, and one of the men had a gun in a holster at his side.
The men were standing within 100 feet of the ballot box in Littleton and some voters said they felt intimidated, according to Arapahoe County Elections Director Peg Perl. Police were called to respond to the incident, as first reported by CPR. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office referred the report to the attorney general’s office for investigation.
10 p.m. | College student flies back to Colorado to vote
A Colorado college student living in North Carolina flew back to the state just to vote when his ballot did not arrive in time.
"It just became very clear that there was only one way our child was going to be able to vote and that is if you came here to vote," said Jonas Asner's mother, Lisa Hall.
Asner flew from North Carolina to Colorado Sunday night, voted Monday and flies back Tuesday morning.
"It was definitely cool to vote in my first presidential elections as a milestone in my life," Asner said.
9:30 p.m. | Things to watch for on Election Day
As voters watch the news and election night coverage, here are a few things to pay attention to when it comes to the results.
When will we start to see election results?
Right after the polls close at 7 p.m. in Colorado, counties will start to release some initial voting results. Those results are a tabulation of the early voting and other ballots that have already been counted.
Colorado allows election headquarters to begin the sorting, signature verification and counting process to begin 15 days before the election. However, those votes have not been tabulated so no one knows which way the election is leaning.
“As soon as 7 p.m. hits, everybody gets their finger ready to push, send the results to our centralized system, and that will happen just like normal, so shortly after 7 p.m. as quickly as we can upload the information coming from the counties, we will start pushing out results,” said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.
She estimates that about 70 to 80% of all the votes cast will be able to be reported on election night because of Colorado’s counting process.
Some states lagging behind in reporting
While Colorado allows the votes cast during early voting to be sorted, verified and counted before Election Day, some states do not follow the same process.
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan do not allow the early ballots to be counted until right around Election Day.
“Others have to start the process, particularly the counting, either on the day of the election or after the polls are closed, which means that since we have so many early ballots this year, a lot of states are going to be swamped just on the process of counting those ballots that have already come in by mail,” said Robert Preuhs, a political science professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
These elections could be the holdup to finding out who will win the presidency; because of the process, even the unofficial results still need to go through.
Unofficial versus official results
Throughout election night, the term "unofficial election results" will be repeated over and again. The final results must be certified before becoming official, which is a process that will likely take about two weeks.
Between Election Day and the final results, counties will finish up counting votes. Absentee ballots as well as those coming from the military or overseas will have nine days after Election Day to come in and be counted as well.
Voters who had signature discrepancies will also have nine days this time around to cure those errors in order for their votes to be counted.
Provisional ballots will also be dealt with during that time. County clerks are also required to do audits of the election results before they can be certified and finalized.
“Election night results are never final results. There’s a lot of things that happen after the election here in Colorado, including the continued processing of ballots,” said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.
A possible swing left at first
Because Democrats have returned more early ballots than Republicans, when the initial unofficial election results come out, they could favor one side at first and then change as more results come in.
“In really tight races we may go to bed with half of the votes counted seemingly up in the air or perhaps even a benefit for President Trump, and that might switch over the next couple of days as the ballots are counted,” said Robert Preuhs, a political science professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
However, those early results shouldn’t affect the overall results of races depending on the total outcome of voters.
Depending on how close the election is, Preuhs says it could take weeks to get a final result.
Disinformation campaigns
In the days leading up to and after the election, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is warning about bad actors attempting to spread disinformation, causing people to question the results or even tamper with the results.
“Federal authorities have warned that the risk of foreign interference increases on the days right before the election,” Griswold said. “We do face foreign adversaries who are trying to undermine confidence in the electoral process, specifically and particularly in the results.”
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has set up the Rapid Response Election Security Cyber Unit (RESCU) team to quickly respond to any reports of fraud and to monitor the election.
Governor Jared Polis also issued an executive order Monday for a Colorado National Guard cyber team with six soldiers and two airmen to work with the Secretary of State’s Office to offer an additional layer of protection.
The National Guard has partnered with the Secretary of State’s Office during the previous several elections to help.
The office is warning people not to believe everything they see on the internet or on social media in the days right before and after the election unless it comes from a trusted source.
6:16 p.m. | More than 2.7 million ballots returned
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, 2.76 million Colorado voters had cast their ballot. Based on the current trend, more than 2.9 million Coloradans will likely cast a vote, which would equate to an 82% voter turnout.
As of 4 pm. Monday, Democrats had turned in 126,000 more ballots than Republicans.
Data from September shows the percentage of Republican registered voters has dropped a full 10% during the past 16 years. During that same time, the Democrat numbers have generally been unchanged, dropping just 1%. Meanwhile, unaffiliated voters grew 10%, representing the highest percentage in the state.
Click here for more on the latest Colorado turnout trends.
2:08 p.m. | Still time to vote in Colorado
Haven’t voted yet in Colorado? There remains time to do so all the way up through 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
At this point, it’s too late to mail your completed ballot in. You will need to drop your ballot off at a designated drop off site or drop-box in your county of residence. Your ballot must be in the box by 7 p.m. Tuesday for it to count. Find the closest drop box in your county here.
Even if you haven’t registered or want to vote in-person, you still have up to 7 p.m. on Election Day to do so. You can cast your ballot and/or register at your local voter service and polling center. Find your local voting center here. Keep in mind that if you try to register to vote Tuesday and you don't have a verifiable ID, you may vote a provisional ballot.
If you plan on voting in-person, keep these Colorado election rules in mind. Voters who are in line at their polling location by 7 p.m. are allowed to vote no matter how long it takes for each person to cast his or her ballot.
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