Despite late surge, Colorado's 2024 election turnout rate lowest in decades
Nearly 3.3 million Coloradans cast a ballot in the 2024 election, roughly equaling the number of ballots returned in the presidential election four years ago, according to the latest data released by the secretary of state’s office.
When accounting for growth in Colorado’s population and the number of registered voters, however, this year’s turnout rate is on track to fall short of not just the 2020 election, but every other presidential election held since 2000.
Data released by state elections officials on Friday showed a total of 3,268,441 ballots returned statewide. With a little over 4 million active voter registrations and another 603,000 Coloradans whose registrations are inactive, that puts the state on track for a turnout rate of about 81% of active voters, or 71% of all registered voters.
That’s Colorado’s lowest turnout rate in a presidential election year since 2000, when less than 67% of active voters cast their ballots in the presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore. It’s also the worst presidential turnout since Colorado switched to a universal vote-by-mail system, widely touted as the nation’s “gold standard” and credited with achieving some of the highest turnout rates of any state in recent U.S. elections.
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