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What a week!
Montrose County has about 275 ballots remaining, the county clerk's office told me this afternoon. They estimate about 90 more ballots on top of that may be counted during the cure period, leaving a possible 365 total ballots left for counting. We'll know for sure once they update again next Thursday.
Mesa County's election dir. Brandi Brantz said they released their last update (for now) earlier today as they sift through any signature or ID deficiencies. Final results will be ready once the 8-day cure period is over next Thursday (17th).
Many people are also asking Pueblo's clerk and recorder, Bo Ortiz, why it's taking them so long to count the 67,000 ballots. Pueblo has to count twice the number of ballot cards this election, he said, costing them more time than most. With six judges, Ortiz said they update counts during breaks or every 2k ballots. As of 2:30p today, they were looking at a remaining 5,000 ballots, but that number has lowered to around 3,000 now.
Let's not forget about props
Coloradans have passed all but three ballot measures as of 5:15p today, and those three still hang in the balance. Props 122, 123 and 125 are still duking it out after voters weighed in on legalizing access to psychedelic substances, rerouting TABOR funds to affordable housing and whether grocery and convenience stores should be allowed to sell wine (this last one is riding the 50/50 line).
Here in Montrose, voters only approved four of the 11 measures, showing clear favor for expanding property tax reductions to Gold Star spouses and reducing the state's income tax.
You can read my initial summary of this year's ballot measures over here.
In more local news, Montrose Regional Hospital signed a partnership agreement this week with the Colorado Army National Guard and the U.S. Army to help generate jobs for veterans transitioning back to civilian life. Ours is the first hospital in Colorado to join this program! Soldiers will be guaranteed five job interviews upon transitioning.
Here we have Lieutenant Col. Ashkan Angha, commander for the Recruiting and Retention Battalion in the Colorado Army National Guard, presenting the signed partnership agreement with MRH CEO Jeff Mengenhausen. The agreement was signed in the hospital's conference rooms on Wednesday afternoon.
Until next week!
- Cassie
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