We're not out of the woods yet, as the Rocky Mountain News reports:
Fued continues over Coffman's voter policy
A lawyer for voting activists said Thursday that Secretary of State Mike Coffman must stop canceling voters from state registration rolls in the wake of a court-approved settlement over the issue.
"If he continues to do this during the next period, he's in deep trouble for violation of federal law," said Jim Finberg, who represents two activist groups and a union in a lawsuit that accused Coffman of illegally purging more than 42,000 voters from state rolls.
But Coffman said "the process is continuing" and said groups that sued over the matter "did not prevail ... in stopping us from moving forward with additional cancellation through this election."
No big deal, right? Wrong.
State may toss 35,600 mail-in ballots over ID problems
More than 35,000 newly registered Colorado voters could see their mail ballots tossed out because of confusion over the need to include a copy of their ID with their votes.
The state requires county clerks to verify the identification of all new voters. Often, it's as simple as comparing a driver's license number on a voter registration form to the state's motor vehicle database.
But when that check runs into trouble — in cases, for example, when the license number is copied down incorrectly — county clerks want to see the identification.
This year has seen an unprecedented surge in voter registrations. And according to the Colorado Secretary of State's Office, as of Monday 35,620 first-time voters whose identity had not been verified requested mail ballots.
Those voters should have been instructed to photo copy their driver's license or other identification and include it when they mailed back their ballots. If they fail to, the ballots will be treated as though they are provisional. That means county clerks will attempt after the election to verify the identity of the voter. If they can't, the ballots will be disqualified.
There you have it. The fight for our Right to vote continues in Colorado.