Denver November 2004 Election
Today is the day. Get out and vote! If you need a ride email me.
According to the Rocky Mountain News voters should expect delays in election results this year [November 2, 2004, "Just hold your horses"]. No surprise there.
Ed Quillen writes about the 1904 Colorado election in his column in today's Denver Post [November 2, 2004, "As bad as the 1904 election?"].
Here are the Rocky's endorsements [November 2, 2004, "Our preferences in Election 2004"].
Here are the Denver Post's endorsements [November 2, 2004, "Recap of The Post's endorsements"].
Here are the Gulchie awards in local and statewide elections.
U.S. Senate - Ken Salazar
Referendum 4A - FasTracks Yes!.
The other Denver races did not emphasize the use of Internet technologies. Many didn't even bother to create a website. Salazar's weblog did update fairly often but did not have an rss feed.
Here's the link to last spring's Gulchie discussion.
Update: Daniel Brogan: "ABC Reports Colorado Voting Irregularities"
Update: TalkLeft writes, "Server traffic has been enormous at our hosting company." Traffic on Coyote Gulch is at all-time high today.
Update: Jeralyn Merritt writes, on the 5280 Weblog, "The polls are open. Sporadic problems have been reported, mostly related to the late opening of a few polling places and computer glitches. Best advice, go early, dress warm for outdoor lines, have your id ready. Here's a breakdown on Colorado voters by the numbers. 850,000 voted early this year (up 75,000 from 2000.) 3 million and change are registered to vote. Voter turnout is expected to be 70 to 75%. More than 1 million of Colorado's 3 million registered voters are independents. Republicans now outnumber registered Democrats by 178,000 voters
Update: Colorado elects Ken Salazar to the U.S. Senate.
Update: 5280 Magazine: "The Rocky Mountain News reports that voters have approved the $4.7 billion FasTracks mass-transit proposal, and renewed SCFD, which will raise more than $400 million dollars for local arts and science groups."
Update: 5280 Magazine: "Amendment 36 fails."
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