Election supervisors in some counties get so busy with opening envelopes, verifying signatures and running ballots through the machines that they don’t regularly update the public on the number of ballots received and left to process.
That means the unofficial results for these razor-thin races are likely still days away.
According to Colorado’s election calendar, all votes must be received, and all discrepancies must be cured by Wednesday, Nov. 16. All vote counting must be completed by Friday, Nov. 18.
That doesn’t include the timeline for potential recounts, which could drag things all the way into December.