Unaffiliated voters are asking for more Democratic than GOP ballots in the Colorado primaries
For the first time, Colorado’s roughly 1.2 million unaffiliated voters will be able to cast ballots in Democratic or Republican primaries, including in this year’s race for governor.
So far, more have been choosing Democratic than Republican ballots.
Because of a new law passed by voters in 2016, unaffiliated voters can participate in the primary elections, but they can only vote in one party’s primary. Unaffiliated voters can request a party’s ballot online. If they don’t, they will be mailed two ballots in the mail — one for each major party. But unaffiliated voters are only allowed to mail in one of those ballots. If they mail in two, their votes will not count.
The primaries aren’t until June 26 — and the ballots aren’t even set yet — but unaffiliated voters can go online and select which ballot they want to mailed to them before Election Day. When new unaffiliated voters register to vote they can also choose which ballot they want when registering, like at the DMV, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
Read more: http://www.coloradoindependent.com/170008/unaffiliated-voters-colorado-democrat-republican