Officials will not know the results for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District until at least Thursday because of ballot curing and military and overseas ballots.
Incumbent Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert leads Democrat Adam Frisch by about 1,100 votes, which is 0.3%. If it stays that way, they’ll get an automatic recount.
What is ballot curing? From Newsweek:
Every year in Colorado, thousands of ballots are reportedly rejected for issues related to signature verification, like a missing signature or a discrepancy in the signature. Local officials then alert voters of the issue, giving them a week time to fix the problem and make their vote count.The process, which is done in 23 other state besides Colorado, is called “ballot curing.”
Frisch said the district has to count between 3,000 and 6,000 votes.
However, some think there won’t be much of a change once all the ballots come in:
Matt Crane, executive director of the County Clerks Association in Colorado, and says don’t expect a big change.”When a recount happens our experience here in Colorado is that this reflects that the original count was accurate,” he said.Still outstanding are military voters and Coloradoans overseas ballots, many of which may have already been counted.Crane explained, “Colorado has an electronic portal that’s direct to the Secretary of State’s office that allows people to vote electronically and send their votes back that way.”
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