By Sarah Horbacewicz | CBS Colorado
As we push forward to Election Day, it’s not just getting busy at the ballot dropoff boxes in Colorado but behind the scenes. Layers of staff and security work to keep your ballot safe, and Boulder County wants to give voters the chance to see that process for themselves. Ahead of the election they’re offering tours of where they’re counting ballots and this year a record number of people are taking them up on it.
In her busiest season, County Clerk and Reporter Molly Fitzpatrick also hosts some of those tours. This year alone the office has welcomed more than 200 people to see the democratic process firsthand.
Along the tour, Fitzpatrick points out the machines and humans (of a mix of political parties) that sort your ballot. The group then moves to see where signatures are verified by bipartisan teams, and eventually sees how they’re counted.