Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has announced the certification of the 2024 Presidential Primary Election, making the results of the election official and final.
The certification was conducted after each county’s bipartisan canvass boards submitted their official abstract of votes to the Secretary of State’s Office.
“I commend the county election officials, election workers, and the employees of the Department of State for their hard work and dedication to delivering great elections for Colorado voters,” said Griswold.
After the election, the Secretary of State’s Office worked with Colorado’s county clerks to complete a bipartisan risk-limiting audit that verified the results of the election.
After the audit, each county’s bipartisan canvass board signed off on the election results. The canvass boards then submitted the final results to the Secretary of State’s Office.
Returning a mail ballot was the preferred method for voters, with 98.59 percent of voters choosing to cast their mail ballot during the election and only 1.41 percent of voters choosing to vote in-person. A total of 99.02 percent of Democrat ballots cast were cast by mail ballot and 98.31 percent of Republican ballots cast were cast by mail ballot.
Following are facts and figures for the 2024 Presidential Primary Election:
• Ballots cast: 1,464,836.
• Total active voters: 3,788,458.
• Turnout among active voters: 38.67 percent.
• Ballots cast by unaffiliated voters: 562,699 (38.41 percent of total ballots cast).
• 177,117 Democrat ballots cast (31.48 percent of ballots cast by unaffiliated voters).
• 385,582 Republican ballots cast (68.52 percent of ballots cast by unaffiliated voters).
• Ballots cast by Democrat voters: 403,471 (27.54 percent of total ballots cast).
• Ballots cast by Republican voters: 498,666 (34.04 percent of total ballots cast).
• 3,117 voters used TXT2Cure to cure a signature or ID discrepancy with their ballot in the 2024 Presidential Primary Election.
For the statewide abstract of votes cast for the March 5 Presidential Primary Election, please visit https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/newsRoom/pressReleases/2024/20240401PresPrimaryStateAbstract.pdf.
