Colorado Politics reports that county clerks began mailing Colorado primary ballots on Monday, with the June 30 primary now officially moving from “political noise” to “open the envelope and do your job.” Voters face a crowded year, with the governor’s seat, major statewide offices, congressional races, and a pile of open legislative seats all on the line.
The article lays out the basics: clerks must mail all primary ballots by June 12, ballots are due by 7 p.m. on June 30, and voters can check voting centers, drop boxes, registration, and ballot information at GoVoteColorado.gov. Unaffiliated voters will receive both Democratic and Republican primary ballots, but may only vote and return one. Returning both is not “being independent.” It is how you turn your civic duty into clerical confetti.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Ballots are hitting mailboxes. This is the unglamorous part of democracy where adults open envelopes, read names, check records, and stop pretending yard signs are research.
- Colorado voters have real hiring decisions to make. These people will tax, regulate, appoint, spend, sue, posture, and occasionally remember citizens exist. Choose accordingly.
- The June 30 primary matters. So does the deadline. Your ballot must be in by 7 p.m. on June 30, not postmarked, not emotionally intended, not sitting under the mail pile next to the pizza coupons.
- Unaffiliated voters get both major-party primary ballots, but can only return one. Pick one ballot. Return one ballot. Do not make the county clerk’s office babysit your indecision.
- The consultant class wants drama, the media wants horse-race chatter, and campaigns want slogans so shiny they can blind livestock. Voters should want records, competence, and a valid ballot.
My Bottom Line
This is not a season finale. It is not a football rivalry. It is not a chance to forward panic texts from somebody’s aunt who gets her constitutional law from Facebook comments. It is an election, which means it is a hiring process. A serious one.
The people who win these races will shape Colorado’s taxes, energy policy, public safety, schools, roads, housing, water, courts, regulations, lawsuits, budgets, and bureaucratic mood swings. They will decide whether government works for citizens or whether citizens exist as renewable fuel for the government machine. That seems worth slightly more effort than glancing at a mailer while standing over the recycling bin.
And spare me the usual “my vote doesn’t matter” routine. Lazy voters are the consultant class’s favorite natural resource. They count on you tuning out until the last week, when your brain has been turned into pudding by ads, slogans, glossy flyers, and candidates pretending they just discovered working families after a decade of donor breakfasts.
So here is the practical sermon, without the fake cathedral music: watch your mailbox. Verify your registration. Know the June 30 deadline. Research the candidates before the ad machines liquefy common sense. Check their records, not just their taglines. Use a drop box or vote center if that works better. And if you are unaffiliated, return one party ballot, not both.
Ballots are out. Excuses are over. Vote like an adult, not like someone who gets civics from yard signs and panic texts.
Source: Colorado Politics
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