Reply #34: CO: Clerks warning of long lines, delayed results [View All]

Some county clerks are concerned that the plan to open up polling places for Election Day voting could cause long lines and delay election results in some large counties.

Most of the state's electronic voting machines have been decertified although the secretary of state's office thinks the problems could be fixed in time for them to be used in the primary and general elections. Because of the uncertainty, the governor and legislative leaders want voters to be able to cast paper ballots in person on Election Day and vote by mail.

But clerks say they don't know how many electronic voting machines they'll be able to use, including the scanners needed to count all those paper ballots. And now that many counties have switched away from paper, they say counting the ballots on a limited amount of scanners could delay results for several days.

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