The Colorado Secretary of State鈥檚 office expects more people to register to vote this election cycle because of the . Voters have until midnight on Tuesday to register to vote online. This is the first presidential election for Colorado to have online voting, and the first to allow people to register with an app on their mobile devices. Rich Coolidge is a spokesman for the .
He says hundreds of thousands of people have viewed the website and are registering and updating their information. He attributes part of the interest to Colorado鈥檚 swing state status in the presidential race.
I think Coloradans are facing a fever pitch. You have a lot of interest in Colorado. I can鈥檛 remember this many visits ever. Even though we didn鈥檛 have a convention here we鈥檙e still seeing a lot of attention. It鈥檚 impossible to go a day without being reminded that there鈥檚 an election coming up.
Coolidge says more than 1,000 people registered during the .
Check you voter status or register to vote online at . The deadline to register for this election cycle is Tuesday, October 9th.
Both the and campaigns are also registering voters. The Secretary of State鈥檚 Office launched a this year that was the largest voter registration initiative in the state鈥檚 history. The outreach campaign included television, radio, print and online ads.
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The outreach initiative concludes October 9, the voter registration deadline. The $850,000 initiative was funded with federal money expressly designated for voter educational efforts.
