I know the electoral college issue was on the ballot, but is this real?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...f_voter_turnout
Voter Turnout in Colo. a Record 87 Percent
Tue Dec 14,11:55 PM ET U.S. National - AP
DENVER - Colorado's voter turnout in November's general election that featured hotly contested presidential and Senate races was 87 percent — a record for the state.
More than 2.1 million voters went to the polls, according to data released Tuesday by Secretary of State Donetta Davidson. Turnout was calculated using the number of Colorado's active voters, roughly 2.4 million. The office considers voters active if they cast ballots in the 2002 or 2003 general elections.
"Traditionally, voter turnout is always higher during a presidential election, but these numbers are truly incredible," Davidson said in a statement.
The state hasn't had a turnout greater than 80 percent since the 1980s and no election has ever reached 87 percent, she said.
More than two dozen of Colorado's 64 counties had turnout higher than 90 percent. Douglas County in the Denver metro area — Colorado's most populous region — had a 96 percent turnout.
President Bush (news - web sites) won Colorado with 52 percent of the vote compared to Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites)'s 47 percent.
Voters also cast ballots for open Senate and Congressional seats, and defeated a constitutional amendment that would have divided Colorado's electoral votes based on the popular vote.
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QUOTE(searchingforsanity @ Dec 15 2004, 07:36 AM)
I know the electoral college issue was on the ballot, but is this real?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...f_voter_turnout
Voter Turnout in Colo. a Record 87 Percent
Tue Dec 14,11:55 PM ET U.S. National - AP
DENVER - Colorado's voter turnout in November's general election that featured hotly contested presidential and Senate races was 87 percent — a record for the state.
More than 2.1 million voters went to the polls, according to data released Tuesday by Secretary of State Donetta Davidson. Turnout was calculated using the number of Colorado's active voters, roughly 2.4 million. The office considers voters active if they cast ballots in the 2002 or 2003 general elections.
"Traditionally, voter turnout is always higher during a presidential election, but these numbers are truly incredible," Davidson said in a statement.
The state hasn't had a turnout greater than 80 percent since the 1980s and no election has ever reached 87 percent, she said.
More than two dozen of Colorado's 64 counties had turnout higher than 90 percent. Douglas County in the Denver metro area — Colorado's most populous region — had a 96 percent turnout.
President Bush (news - web sites) won Colorado with 52 percent of the vote compared to Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites)'s 47 percent.
Voters also cast ballots for open Senate and Congressional seats, and defeated a constitutional amendment that would have divided Colorado's electoral votes based on the popular vote.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...f_voter_turnout
Voter Turnout in Colo. a Record 87 Percent
Tue Dec 14,11:55 PM ET U.S. National - AP
DENVER - Colorado's voter turnout in November's general election that featured hotly contested presidential and Senate races was 87 percent — a record for the state.
More than 2.1 million voters went to the polls, according to data released Tuesday by Secretary of State Donetta Davidson. Turnout was calculated using the number of Colorado's active voters, roughly 2.4 million. The office considers voters active if they cast ballots in the 2002 or 2003 general elections.
"Traditionally, voter turnout is always higher during a presidential election, but these numbers are truly incredible," Davidson said in a statement.
The state hasn't had a turnout greater than 80 percent since the 1980s and no election has ever reached 87 percent, she said.
More than two dozen of Colorado's 64 counties had turnout higher than 90 percent. Douglas County in the Denver metro area — Colorado's most populous region — had a 96 percent turnout.
President Bush (news - web sites) won Colorado with 52 percent of the vote compared to Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites)'s 47 percent.
Voters also cast ballots for open Senate and Congressional seats, and defeated a constitutional amendment that would have divided Colorado's electoral votes based on the popular vote.
If 96% turned out I won the lottery!
Total voter fraud
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