A survey of Colorado's 64 counties reveals that at least 60 percent of the state's registered voters will have the option of casting a paper ballot at a polling place on Election Day. In at least 35 of the state's counties — representing at least 1.3 million registered voters — paper is the primary method of voting. Those counties range from the biggest, Denver, to the smallest, San Juan.
At least another nine counties will offer a hybrid system, where voters can choose to vote on either electronic voting terminals or by paper ballot.

Ritter's decision comes in the face of opposition from many county clerks and Secretary of State Mike Coffman. Ritter spokesman Evan Dreyer said Wednesday that the change of course was a "collective decision" based on the input of clerks, lawmakers and Coffman and the fact that Coffman has now recertified the electronic voting machines.

Shortly after legislative leaders at the Capitol withdrew their support for the plan, Gov. Bill Ritter said the $11 million that had been pledged for a paper-ballot election will be used for other purposes.
"It's deader than a doornail," said Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany, a Colorado Springs Republican who had been a co-sponsor of the bill.

Gov. Bill Ritter and legislative leaders want voters to be able to cast paper ballots at the polls because they are not sure voters trust the electronic machines. Even so, a majority of the state’s county clerks want to conduct a paper ballot election by mail.
That, however, is fraught with danger.
Mail-in balloting is an invitation to fraud. There’s a history of that in Colorado, where a nun “helped” residents of a nursing home cast their ballots which ended up favoring the sister’s politics.

BOULDER — Myriah Conroy is 36 years old with dark, curly hair and a spray of freckles across her cheeks.

Most mornings, she takes her 2-year-old son to the playground so he can push toy trucks through the sandbox. And when Colorado voters go to the polls this year, she is one of the main reasons they will probably cast their ballots by paper.

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