Colorado’s midterm ballot this year is a big one, with elections for the top positions in the state government, several federal offices, local seats and questions, as well as a record-tying number of statewide ballot measures referred by citizen groups.  

The Steamboat Pilot & Today election page is now live to help voters dig into the top issues and races ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm. The page includes election coverage as well as candidate columns and responses to questions about key issues on Colorado’s Western Slope. 

Candidates from key races for local readers were given the opportunity to provide information on their experience and priorities if elected by submitting columns, and candidates gave responses to questionnaires developed by reporters and editors based on past reporting.

In addition to coverage of local, state and federal races, the midterm ballot contains 14 statewide ballot measures registered Colorado voters are being asked to weigh in on. This ties a record for the most questions put to Colorado voters in the last 52 years, matching the number of measures on ballots in 2024, 2008 and 2006. 

Thirteen of the 14 measures were placed on the ballot by groups that collected signatures, more than in years past. Only Proposition NN was referred by Colorado’s legislature to the midterm ballot. The election page will be updated with key coverage of several of the citizen-led measures, including dueling visions for how Coloradans should be taxed on income — Amendment 87 and Proposition 136 — whether the state should add a right to hunt and fish to its constitution via Amendment 83 and more. 

Ballots were mailed to registered voters starting Oct. 2. In Colorado, residents can register to vote up until polls close on Election Day. To receive a ballot in the mail, Coloradans must be registered by Oct. 26, which is also the last day voters can mail their ballot. 

After this date, individuals can still register or cast a mailed ballot, but will have to vote at an in-person voting center or drop box. Voters can return their ballots in person up until 7 p.m. on Election Day at official drop boxes, or vote in person at polling centers from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Voters can contact their county clerk’s office for a list of ballot drop boxes and in-person voting centers. For more information on how and where to vote in Routt County, visit the Routt County Clerk and Recorder’s website at: CO.Routt.co.us/221/Elections.