By Jason Gewirtz Camera Staff Writer Boulder County election officials are anticipating a potential voter turnout of 50 percent to 60 percent in Tuesday's election, a figure similar to past non-presidential elections.
Today is the last day people can get a jump on the lengthy ballot by voting early.
As of Thursday, about 13,000 people had cast early ballots, and more than 11,000 voters had requested absentee ballots in the election, said Linda Flack, deputy county clerk. Early voting totals are slightly below totals from past years, but because of a change in legislation, the early voting period is one week shorter than in years past. Still, Clerk and Recorder Charlotte Houston said there are enough close races and significant ballot measures to draw large numbers of people to the polls. Voters countywide will cast ballots for governor, U.S. senator, U.S. House representative, county commissioner and a variety of state legislative and other county officials. In addition, several ballot measures face voters, including those for a new Broncos stadium, formation of a new county for Broomfield and issues related to abortion and term limits.