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Turnout Inches Up In Colorado Election

DENVER (AP) - More than 750,000 Coloradans have already voted in Tuesday's off-year elections.

The Colorado Secretary of State's office said Monday that ballots have been returned from 315,333 registered Republicans and 251,765 registered Democrats. There have been 183,866 ballots from unaffiliated voters

Last year, about 1.8 million Coloradans cast ballots for a turnout of about 73 percent.

Turnout for the 2011 is likely to remain much lower because the only statewide matter is a school tax question. Also, Colorado is unusual because it holds state races the first Tuesday in November, even if Halloween falls the day before, as it does this year.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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