open across the state Monday giving Coloradans the opportunity to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, Nov. 6.
KUNC鈥檚 state capitol reporter Bente Birkeland has more on the trend of early voting [audio above].
President Barack Obama and Republican Challenger Mitt Romney will be at in Boca Raton, Florida for the last debate of this election cycle. Both candidates will then be returning to Colorado this week for campaign events.
- President Obama will be at the Meadow at City Park in Denver Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 24.
- GOP Candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will be at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre Tuesday evening, Oct. 23.
Political Science Professor John Straayer says this is likely to be one of their last opportunities to sway Coloradans before many cast their votes.
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Early voting locations will be open through the Friday before Election Day. Voting by mail began last week. Coloradans have until Tuesday, Oct. 30 to .
Registered Colorado Republicans have so far cast 2,000 more ballots than registered Democrats since voting by mail began in the state.
reports so far 25,377 people have cast mail-in ballots. Of those, 10,884 are Republicans, and 8,516 are Democrats. Another 5,727 are unaffiliated voters.
Nearly 80 percent of Coloradans voted prior to Election Day in 2008.
In 2008:
- 1,527,228 Colorado residents voted by mail
- 365,236 Colorado residents participated in early voting
