Posted on 10/17/2012 7:18:42 PM PDT by catnipman
DENVER — Colorado voters could be filling out their ballots as early as Tuesday, with 1.95 million ballots now in the mail and on their way to voters across this critical swing state.
Of the 3.6 million registered voters in the state, more than half of them are receiving mail ballots this week.
According to Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s office, 1,950,185 ballots are being mailed out Monday.
Of those, 598,503 are being sent to unaffiliated voters; 673,676 are being sent to registered Republicans; and 654,129 are being mailed to registered Democrats.
(Excerpt) Read more at kdvr.com ...
Voted straight R, and NO on everything else, including all tax increases and all BS liberal initiatives.
673k to Rs, 654 to Ds. Romney doesn’t even need Is to break his way, just stay 50/50 and this is a win.
Can young people and college students afford this tax? Obama will probably use Executive privilege to go along with this.
Probably not a winning issue. Yes, they hate the internet tax, but it’s not something they vote on. It’s not something they can see yet-—no harms . . . yet.
CO absentees, 673-654k so far. Rs killing it. WHAT THE HELL AM I MISSING? THIS IS THE SAME AS OH-—HOW ARE ANY OF THESE STATES CLOSE with these numbers? We aren’t even counting Is, and are assuming a 50/50 split. If they go even 1% for Romney these are all blowouts.
Has Colorado (or any other state) mailed out any military ballots yet ?
LS -
Where do you find data on Colorado absentees?
Can you explain “polling distribution?” You mean the % breakdown of Rs/Ds/Is in recent polls?
Ollie North said regardless of what’s reported in the news, the ballots are getting to the military in time to be included.
Whoa! I assumed these were absentees!!! But they aren’t-—they are EARLY votes!! BETTER BETTER BETTER.
Could those 23,877 be registered members of minor parties? Just a thought.
That's down from our starting point of 268,000 just a month ago.
Not following: So on election day it should be +1 R and Rs lead by almost 20k votes already on early voting. What are you saying?
Well, what I am saying is that in 2008 the turnout in CO was +1R, +7R in 2004. The GOTV needs to get to at least +4R to be safe.
Thanks.
OOoooooh. You’re saying that even with +1 in 08 it went with ZEro? Yeah, but remember, I think 08 absolutely sui generis: NO Republicans are going to vote for ZEro this time around.
I don’t know what that means - a 60,000 vote differential via absentee ballots, early voters or on election day or in total?
This isn't tough at all. I think we'll see two counties, Warren and Hamilton, give us at least 30k gain over 08; and if Romney wins just 51% of Is, he wins the state by 3-4 points.
“Has Colorado (or any other state) mailed out any military ballots yet ?”
I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything about military ballots.
Repubs are killing it in NC, almost 2 for every 1 Dem, but again I must point out that in mail-in absentees in 2008 we saw the exact same thing, and that Dems overcame it in-person. So while I hope you’re right about OH, I still don’t feel safe in drawing similar conclusions about NC from the numbers so far.
Yeah, each state is different. In OH Repubs own election day itself.
That is very good news.
I got mine as well. Will turn it in in person. I will leave nothing to chance. My daughter who goes to college in Nebraska is home on fall break-she will turn hers in before leaving this weekend. We need every vote this time
Ballot came today. Will savor it tomorrow. Courthouse is about 6 blocks away.
Sweet.
I did the same thing.
Voted straight R, and NO on everything else, including all tax increases - and NO on retention of the judges.
These are not absentees. In Colorado you have the option of being a permanent mail in voter. Some of our elections are done only by mail In ballots and you have the option of doing mail in for every election. A great many Colorado voters have chosen this option, and the ballots were mailed on 10/15. They can be mailed back or dropped in person at specified sites
Got mine today! I’d vote already, but I gotta check out the judges and the rest of the local initiatives.
Hmmm, yeah, the Tancredo 3rd party deal, in which Tancredo, running for Governor on a 3rd Party ticket(at the last minute after the GOP candidate turned out to be a total flake) and took 2nd place....hmmm.
Me too. I really don’t want to trust my ballot with USPS. I hand deliver mine, thank you!
You might find a starting point at the Secretary of State web site: https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter-classic/secuRegVoterIntro.do
Yes, please hand-deliver.
Some nast Post Office worker working in GOP-dominant precincts can simply ditch a couple bags worth, knowing that MOST of the “lost” ballots will be GOP ballots.
Don’t worry.... I’m leaving nothing to chance!
“but I gotta check out the judges and the rest of the local initiatives.”
As a rule of thumb, if you vote NO on all taxes and initiatives you’ll be doing the right thing. That said, I did read the blue book and it did confirm that NO votes were the only way to go in my neck of the woods.
I didn’t vote at all on the judges because I had no good way to easily judge them and was too lazy to research. I suppose I may have passed up a good opportunity to protest against some lib judges, but to my knowledge there haven’t been any horribly outrageous rulings lately, so I wasn’t terribly motivated. I do admire your conviction to make the effort to figure out what to do about the judges.
That's odd.
What does he have to say about THIS ?
Military ballots still AWOL as states fail to mail
Jurisdictions in Vermont, Michigan, Mississippi and Wisconsin have failed to mail absentee ballots to military members by the Sept. 22, 2012, deadline established by the [Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment] Act.
Then I would be remiss if I allowed you to stay uninformed.
Military ballots still AWOL as states fail to mail
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2945338/posts
Jurisdictions in Vermont, Michigan, Mississippi and Wisconsin have failed to mail absentee ballots to military members by the Sept. 22, 2012, deadline established by the [Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment] Act.
"This year, however, the military can vote by the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot if they don't get their ballots sent out on time--and this year the states must accept them. Many states allow return of ballots via e-mail and fax. Let your friends in the military know how to vote this way. Go to www.getoutthevet.com and press the vote tab for instructions and links to websites where this can be done. CAPT Ben Brink, USN (Ret. K
It is essential we spread the word asap.
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