Colorado Secretary of State Office
Colorado Secretary of State Jenna Griswold announced the certification of the 2024 presidential primary, making the election results official and final.
The certification was made after each county's bipartisan canvassing committee submitted formal voting summaries to the Secretary of State's Office.
“I commend the hard work and dedication of county election administrators, election officials, and Department of State employees in delivering great elections for Colorado voters,” Griswold said.
After the election, the Secretary of State's Office worked with Colorado's county clerks to complete a bipartisan risk-limiting audit verifying the election results.
After the audit, each county's bipartisan canvassing committee certified the election results. The canvassing committee then submitted its final results to the Secretary of State's Office.
Returning mail-in ballots was the preferred method for voters, with 98.59 percent of voters choosing to vote by mail during the election period, compared to just 1.41 percent of voters choosing to vote in person. A total of 99.02 percent of Democratic ballots were cast by mail, and a total of 98.31 percent of Republican ballots were cast by mail.
Below are facts and figures about the 2024 presidential primary.
• Number of votes: 1,464,836.
• Total number of valid voters: 3,788,458.
• Active voter turnout: 38.67 percent.
• Votes cast by independent voters: 562,699 votes (38.41% of total votes cast).
• 177,117 votes went to Democrats (31.48 percent of votes cast by independent voters).
• 385,582 Republican votes were cast (68.52 percent of votes cast by independent voters).
• Number of votes cast by Democratic voters: 403,471 (27.54% of total votes cast).
• Number of votes cast by Republican voters: 498,666 votes (34.04% of total votes cast).
• In the 2024 presidential primary, 3,117 voters used TXT2Cure to correct signature or ID mismatches with their ballots.
For a statewide summary of votes cast in the March 5 presidential primary, visit https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/newsRoom/pressReleases/2024/20240401PresPrimaryStateAbstract.pdf.
