Election Guide 2018: Interactive Ballot From Colo. Independent

ACROSS COLORADO – By Tina Griego for Colorado Independent. The Colorado Independent presents our new Voter Guide. It went live a few days ago and is a great online tool to prepare you to fill out your real ballot. The guide, we are proud to say, is a partnership with the League of Women Voters of Colorado, which has been providing nonpartisan information to voters since long before The Indy came to be.

Using the guide could not be easier. Go the page. Put in your address — we do not store any personal information — and voilà, your sample ballot appears.

Using this tool allows you to:

• Read and compare the candidates’ bios and their responses to a short questionnaire developed by the Colorado Independent together with the League. Many candidates answered, others did not, but the responses are still coming in (along with the headshots) because apparently some politicians are like some reporters, always pushing deadline.
• Study the ballot measures. The League is masterful at taking dense, complex measures and translating them into plain English. Each ballot measure page has an explanation, background, arguments for and against, and links to The Indy’s related coverage.
• Create what is essentially a souped-up sample ballot. You fill it out along the way and when you get your actual ballot you’ll have a ready-to-go-reference.

With only 24 days to Election Day, we urge you to give the Voter Guide a spin. Share the link with your friends. And if you appreciate the service, please consider a tax-deductible donation to our nonprofit newsroom. Although the guide, like the journalism on our site, is free to readers, it’s not free for us to produce. We need your help providing this kind of information at a time when Colorado sorely needs it.

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