Ballots being returned at a brisk pace

By Randy Wyrick

EAGLE — Colorado voters don’t have to wait until Nov. 4 to cast their ballots, and hundreds of thousands aren’t. In Eagle County, 3,194 voters had already cast ballots by Tuesday, said Teak J. Simonton, Eagle County clerk and recorder. Eagle County’s early voters join 332,050 voters across Colorado who had cast ballots voted by Thursday morning, said Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler. Of those, 145,824 are registered Republicans, and 105,401 are registered Democrats. That’s a 43.9 percent to 31.7 percent lead for the GOP in ballots cast. Statewide, more than 3.6 million ballots were mailed last week in …

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