Colorado Election Officials Address Ballots Mistakenly Sent to Unqualified Voters
Approximately 800,000 voters in four Colorado metro Denver counties (Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, and Weld) were mistakenly sent ballots containing a sales tax hike measure for the Front Range Passenger Rail District, which they are ineligible to vote on. Election officials…
Colorado Springs Pueblo, CO, October 7, 2026 —
Election officials in Colorado are addressing an error that resulted in approximately 800,000 voters in four Denver-area counties receiving ballots that include a measure they are not eligible to vote on. The affected counties are Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, and Weld.
The measure in question is a sales tax hike proposed for the Front Range Passenger Rail District. Voters in these four counties received ballots with this measure, despite being deemed ineligible to cast a vote on it.
The exact cause of the error and the specific timeframe during which these ballots were distributed were not immediately provided. Election officials have stated that they are actively working on a resolution. The goal of this effort is to ensure that only the votes cast by eligible voters on the Front Range Passenger Rail District sales tax hike measure are officially counted.
Further details regarding the resolution process and how ineligible votes will be identified and excluded from the final tally are expected to be released by election authorities.
Story summarized from the original created by Scott Weiser on gazette.com, see more information here.
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