Voting

Automatic voter registration systems are in place across the country, but Native American reservations have historically been excluded—until now. State and tribal officials in Colorado are rolling out the first voter registration system of its kind for tribal members ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

A new bill introduced this week in the state legislature would make historic advances in voting access for Colorado’s two Native American tribes. It would also expand access to students and inmates, and make changes to ballot counts, election transparency and campaign finance.

The race between Republican Lauren Boebert and Democrat Adam Frisch in the 3rd Congressional District will be decided by the end of the week. Proposition 125 hasn’t been called yet, but seems to be heading towards approval.

Colorado residents have voted to rewrite the state’s tax law to direct an estimated $300 million a year to affordable housing projects. The ballot initiative funnels a fraction of Colorado’s taxable income into programs that include helping essential workers buy homes and supporting local governments to increase affordable housing stock.

Her victory also guarantees there will be more Colorado Democrats than Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The 2022 midterm elections are over — or at least the voting is over. Many of the biggest races were called Tuesday night, but other results may not come in for days or weeks to come. How did the elections go, for you, and your family and your community?

As of this morning, more than 1.7 million ballots were returned in Colorado, according to data from the Colorado Secretary of State’s website. Most of those ballots came from unaffiliated voters, followed by Democrats and Republican voters. Yet, participation is lagging even further behind previous years.

El Distrito 8 recién formado en Colorado tiene más votantes latinos que cualquier otro Distrito del Estado. Y aunque tanto los Republicanos como los Demócratas esperan obtener sus votos, la comunidad latina no es un monolito político.

Colorado’s newly formed 8th district has more Latino voters than any other district in the state. And even though both Republicans and Democrats are hoping to get their votes, the Latino community isn’t a political monolith.

Heading into Election Day, a handful of races across the Mountain West are attracting national attention – especially Nevada's Senate race.