Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (64629)	10/31/2004 11:12:41 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Last day of early voting sees long lines By Kieran Nicholson Denver Post Staff Writer Post / Hyoung Chang A line for early voting snakes inside the Denver Election Commission headquarters on Friday afternoon as residents wait to cast ballots ahead of Tuesday’s general election. More than 256,000 Coloradans statewide have voted early during the past two weeks, according to the Colorado secretary of state. Even the devil stood in line Friday. A woman dressed in red from her horns to her pointy tail, an early Halloween reveler, was among the hundreds of voters who stood in line at the Denver Election Commission office, where the wait ran as long as two hours at times. Polling places were busy elsewhere across the state, particularly in the Denver area, where long lines were the norm on the last day of early voting. "I'm glad to see everyone is motivated," said Guy Mauriello of Denver, who waited about 80 minutes to vote. Mauriello described the mood of fellow voters as "patient" and "jovial." Thousands of people streamed through the Denver Election Commission Office, at 200 W. 14th Ave., during the two weeks of early voting, said Tina Romero, Denver voter outreach coordinator. "All I can say is that there's a lot of interest in this election," Romero said. Voter volume in Denver increased throughout the week, Romero said, and she expects Tuesday - Election Day - to be "equally as busy." More than 321,000 people have voted by absentee ballot, and more than 256,000 voted early statewide, according to a report released Friday afternoon by the Colorado secretary of state. The early-voting tallies were not final because polling places remained open into the evening. The number of registered voters in the state exceeds 3.1 million, the most in Colorado history. In Jefferson County on Friday, phones at the election office were ringing off the hook. "We are answering up to 2,000 phone calls a day," said Susan Miller, Jefferson County director of elections. "We are blocking the county phone lines. No one can call in and no one can call out" because of the volume, she said. During the primary election in August, there were 360,000 registered voters in Jefferson County, Miller said. That number has since climbed to 375,000. Staff writer Kieran Nicholson can be reached at 303-820-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com denverpost.com