Colorado is one of a handful of states conducting this election by mail.
Teams around the state have been busily verifying signatures, which could continue past election day. Some county clerks might continue the vote-count into Wednesday morning.
The signature-verifying-team is made up of one Republican and one Democrat. They’re trained to compare the signature on the ballot envelope to voters’ signatures kept on file.
If the duo agrees the signatures don’t match, the voter is notified via mail and is given eight days until after the election to submit an affidavit stating it is, indeed, their signature.
What this means, though, is depending on how many ballots are returned, election results could take longer than usual to post. Officials in Garfield and Pitkin counties reserve the right to quit for the night and resume the next day.
Garfield County has received 15,000 ballots. Of those, 144 have been rejected because of signature-problems.
Of the 7,000 ballots submitted in Pitkin County, thus far, between 70 and 100 have been returned.
