More than 280,000 ballots had been returned for Colorado’s 2017 elections as of Friday morning, with registered Republican voters leading the pack by far.

Denver 2017 election guide $937 million bond package and the Green Roof Initiative are on the ballot

Registered Democrats sent in 92,842 ballots with unaffiliated voters returning 74,328 of their own, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. Republicans returned 112,034 ballots.

Voters ages 18-25 remained the group to return the least number of ballots, with voters 71 and over submitting the most.

Ballots for the Nov. 7 election — which includes everything from school board races to local measures — went out last week in all but six of the state’s 64 counties. The counties not participating in the fall election have no contested races or local ballot measures.

For the first time since 2009, the fall election features no statewide ballot measures.

There are more than 3.7 million registered voters in the state. However, turnout for off-year elections is typically much smaller than during a presidential election year.

Also, in Denver about one-third of all ballots are turned in on Election Day itself.

As of Friday morning, 21,454 ballots had been returned in Denver. The city has a host of issues before voters, namely a $937 million bond package, school board races and an initiative that would mandate that the roofs of large new buildings incorporate rooftop gardens or solar panels.

Officials are urging voters who are mailing in their ballots to do so at least a week before the Nov. 7 Election Day — that’s Oct. 31 — to ensure their ballots are counted. Ballots that aren’t in the possession of a county clerk’s office by 7 p.m. on election day don’t count.







