Here's a recap of Tuesday's election along with a look at the runoff elections from the Denver Post. From the article, "Denver officials said Wednesday that fewer people would have voted in Tuesday's city election, in which 78,000 votes were cast, if it were not for the mail-in ballots. While turnout was down from the last municipal election, when it was 47 percent, officials said the lackluster campaign season is best compared with the 1999 race. That year, like this one, featured only token opposition to the incumbent mayor and a largely incumbent City Council - factors that tend to drive down turnout. Just more than 51,000 voters - or 26 percent of the active voters in the city - headed for the polls in that election. Forty-one percent of active voters cast ballots this year...
"And the mail-ballot system meant a quick turnaround for the runoff elections. The Election Commission has not set a date for mailing ballots, but it is likely that voters will have ballots in a little over two weeks. That means a scramble campaign for Bailey and Carla Madison in District 8, Chris Nevitt and Shelly Watters in District 7, and Paul Lopez and JoAnn Phillips in District 3. On Wednesday, several of the runoff candidates said they were already out making calls or preparations. And the time crunch might have been worse. One race nearly delayed election results with a recount. Candidate Darrell Watson was just 74 votes short of Carla Madison in District 8. That put him behind by just over 1 percent. An automatic recount would have been triggered if he was within 0.5 percent. Watson's campaign manager, Wanda James, said he was monitoring the final tally, but they had no plans to ask for a recount. Dillard said residents can register to vote in the runoff election through Monday."
Here's a look at the City Council District 8 runoff from Denver Direct.
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