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Counties across Colorado, including Boulder, offer behind-the-scenes tours to show how ballots get sorted

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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.

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Ballot measure 2C in Wheat Ridge would lower building height limits at old Colorado hospital

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The old 100 acre campus of a hospital in the Colorado city of Wheat Ridge is empty and on the verge of development. But before that happens, voters are deciding in the general election next week whether or not to change the city’s height requirements for that area.

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Inmates cast in-person ballots during Northern Colorado jail voting event

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Inmates being held in the Larimer County Jail in Northern Colorado showed up in record numbers this year for voting after a new Colorado law went into effect. In 2024 Colorado became the first state in the United States to require counties offer in-person voting to inmates who are legally qualified to vote.

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Ballot measure 1A would allow Colorado’s Jefferson County to keep $30 million in tax revenue it knowingly overcollected

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For the third time in five years, Jefferson County is asking voters to permanently remove caps that limit how much tax revenue the Colorado county can keep and spend, including a new cap just put in place by the state legislature two months ago.

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Perry Park neighbors concerned over high radium levels in their drinking water in Colorado

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Neighbors in a Douglas County community are worried about the safety of their drinking water. It’s happening in Perry Park, an unincorporated community west of Larkspur, which is home to natural red rock formations. The area’s geology is naturally rich in minerals, including radium.

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