Go Behind The Scenes At The Denver Elections Division
DENVER (CBS4)- The Denver Elections Division invited the media for a behind-the-scenes tour of ballot tabulating on Friday.
Elections officials said they work to make sure that all votes tallied are accurate and secure.
"What that does is make sure scanners are counting everything, where the bubbles are, correctly. So we do that test, we audit everything, we make sure that the machines are operating as they should be. And then after the election we run that same test so it validates that the scanners are still capturing that data in the exact same way," said Denver Director Of Elections Amber McReynolds.
Election employees also compare the signature on the mail ballots to a voter's signature on record.
Officials say the ballot should be in the mail no later than Nov. 1 to allow for processing and tabulation in order to arrive at the election office by Election Day.
According to state law, a postmark doesn't count. The ballot must be received by the County Clerk on or before 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 to be counted.
Voters can cast ballots early and drop it off in person on Oct. 24 or drop it off at any 24-hour drop box starting Oct. 17 through Election Day Nov. 8.
LINK: justvotecolorado.org
