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Colorado’s election system is the ‘Gold Standard’

For 102 years, the League Of Women Voters has helped Americans understand how they can cast their vote in elections. The nonpartisan organization has never endorsed a political party or candidate, providing a valuable resource for voters of all political persuasions. The Colorado News Collaborative is speaking with nonpartisan experts[Read More…]

October 21, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Confirming elections in Colorado begins with the roll of a dice

RBC | On Monday morning, employees of the Secretary of State’s Office convened to roll a 10-sided dice 20 times, creating a sequence of numbers, or a “seed,” to determine which ballots the counties must check to confirm the accuracy of the 2020 election. It’s the first step in what’s[Read More…]

November 21, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Features

Ballot issues to watch this election season

RBC | With just a few days to the general election, there are 11 statewide initiatives on the ballot, and one local question. We’re addressing the initiatives to watch that are likely to have the most impact on RBC. TERM LIMITS (COUNTY ONLY) Locally, voters have been asked whether to[Read More…]

November 2, 2020 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

RBC ballots will start going out this Friday, Oct. 9

RBC | Colorado’s 64 county clerks will start mailing ballots Friday for the Nov. 3 election. With national concern about the integrity of mail-in ballots, Colorado is getting national attention for its system. Colorado began statewide vote by mail in 2013, although some counties adopted mail ballots before that. We[Read More…]

October 8, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Editor’s Column: Decisions, decisions…

According to some sources, the average human in modern society makes approximately 35,000 decisions every day. No matter how you slice it, that’s a lot of decisions to make in a 24-hour time span. Granted, most of those decisions are pretty automatic. We decide to brush our teeth, but we[Read More…]

October 17, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

County

Unaffiliated voters get an “A”

RBC | Unaffiliated voters in the county get an “A” for following directions during the June primary election. Unaffiliated voters who received a Democratic and a Republican ballot were instructed to vote only one. If they voted both, neither ballot counted. Ballots were mailed to 860 unaffiliated voters. One of the[Read More…]

July 16, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Independent? Unaffiliated? You can now vote in primary elections

RBC | Thanks to Proposition 108, unaffiliated, active voters can participate in the Colorado primary election for the first time this year. According to voter registration statistics from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, there are 819 active unaffiliated voters in Rio Blanco County as of May 1. Those votes[Read More…]

May 20, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

Ballot drop boxes make it easier than ever to cast your vote

RBC | Voting in this year’s election is going to be as easy as returning a Redbox movie, thanks to new 24/7 ballot drop boxes. “We believe the boxes will help the voters of our county with convenience, saving postage costs and saving the time it takes to bring the[Read More…]

October 19, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled