With a little over a week to go until Election Day, early data released by Colorado elections officials show 2025 mail ballot returns significantly outpacing figures from the past two off-year elections.

Election Day is Nov. 4, and Colorado voters will be able to cast their votes on two statewide propositions dealing with school lunch funding. There are also local elections around the state, including in Denver.

Colorado voters are making decisions on two statewide measures, along with local issues and school board races.

It’s a relatively quiet odd-numbered election year in Colorado, but the weeks leading up to Election Day have still brought a flurry of spending on mailers and campaign advertising as voters make their decisions.

Colorado’s new free school meals program will face a key test when voters decide two statewide ballot measures that would put the program on sounder financial footing, mostly by raising taxes on high-income individuals.

Colorado Revised Statue 1-7-102 specifies that Coloradans who are scheduled to work on the day of an election are entitled to up to two paid hours of leave between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — the period in which polls are open, according to past Coloradoan reporting.

As of Monday morning, about 58,000 ballots had been turned in by El Paso County voters, which accounts for about 11 percent of the ballots sent out in the county.

With Colorado’s November 2025 election just around the corner on November 4, 11 News has compiled a list of drop box and in-person voting locations in southern Colorado counties.

Yes. A good rule of thumb is to mail back your ballot no later than eight days prior to Election Day. Ballots must be received by the Larimer County Clerk's Office by 7 p.m. on election night. Postmarks do not count as a received date.

The odd-year election is generating significant attention across the state, where local ballot measures hold major stakes. Why it matters: In lower-interest elections, every vote carries greater weight.

Ahead of Nov. 4, Election Day 2025 in Colorado, Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Amanda Gonzalez spoke with Colorado Matters Host Chandra Thomas Whitfield about what her team learned from this experience, how it worked, and what it means for democracy in Colorado.