By Chase Woodruff | deputy editor
Yesterday was the first day that county clerks across Colorado could begin mailing ballots to voters. All active registered voters in the state should receive their ballots in the coming days. Election Day is Nov. 3.
You can see what will be on your ballot using Newsline’s build-your-own-ballot tool. Just enter your address and it will display the races and ballot measures you’ll be voting on, wherever you live in Colorado. Visit GoVoteColorado.gov to check or update your registration, and to find out where to return your ballot or vote in person.
Below are some of Newsline’s top stories from the week.
A black bear. (Photo by Jason Clay/CPW)
By Sara Wilson
Colorado is distributing $1 million across the state to fund projects designed to lower the number of run-ins between humans and hungry black bears seeking trashcan meals. The latest round of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Human-Bear Conflict Reduction Grants will fund 17 projects, the state announced Tuesday. There have been 10 confirmed bear attacks this year, according to CPW, the most on record.
Global AI is set to create a data center at the former Carestream Health property at 2000 Howard Smith Avenue W in Weld County. (Screenshot from Google Maps)
By Chase Woodruff
A citizens group wants Weld County voters to have the final say on county commissioners’ recent approval of a large data center project near Windsor — and to require voter approval of all such developments in the future. Two petitions backed by the group Protect Our Water and Energy Resources, or POWER, were approved for circulation Monday by the Weld County Clerk and Recorder’s office.
People cast general election ballots at the Adams County Human Services Center on Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Fraieli for Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
Common Cause Colorado and its partners are preparing to expand a longstanding, nonpartisan election protection program during the midterm election with around 1,000 volunteer poll monitors, up from around 300 in 2024. “These are neighbors and folks of all political affiliations who are united around one purpose: to support their neighbors to vote, to watchdog the process, keep the vibes positive and ensure that voters have the help they need at the polls,” Aly Belknap, executive director of Colorado Common Cause, said.
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