Chaffee County reported that it received 562 ballots on Wednesday, Oct. 24, bringing to 1,342 the total ballots received to date as of Wednesday evening. This constitutes 10 percent of the election count.
Ballots turned in to date:
Democrat ballots 461
Republican ballots 454
Unaffiliated voter ballots 415
The county has 13,245 active registered voters as of Oct. 25, with the largest segment identifying as unaffiliated voters:
Democrat ballots 461
Republican ballots 454
Unaffiliated voter ballots 415
Total 1,342
So far 176 ballots have been returned un-deliverable. Chaffee County Clerk and Recorder Lori Mitchell says that because of the county’s use of ballot-trax, many of the people to whom they were sent have been alerted and have called the Clerk and Recorder Office to update their record. The county has sent out replacement ballots.
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