The 2020 March Presidential Primary was Tuesday, March 3
Colorado held its first Presidential Primary Election in two decades on March 3, 2020 – Super Tuesday!
Presidential Primary Election Results
- Official Election Results — Website showing all election results by contest
- Statement of Votes (Excel version) — Most comprehensive election report, which includes precinct by precinct results
- Summary of Votes Report — Summary report that shows top-line data for each contest including: active voters, total ballots, total votes, total under and over votes and the number of precincts a contest covered
- Canvass Documents — These are the reports related to the certification of the election, including the post-election risk-limiting audit and reconciliation report and any related documents.
- The risk-limiting audit is a post-election quality assurance test that ensures the accuracy of election results and provides citizens with evidence that election outcomes reflect the votes cast. See also: 2020 Presidential Primary Election risk-limiting audit press release.
- The recompilation report summarizes the process that provides the evidence for the Canvass Board to certify that the number of votes counted is equal to or less than the number of ballots cast and that the number of ballots cast is equal to or less than the number of eligible voters. This document also includes the certification of election statement.
Presidential Primary Election Information
- Parties conducting a presidential primary election: Democratic Party and Republican Party; Unaffiliated voters could vote in either party primary (but not both).
- Related registration deadlines: Feb. 3 — Deadline to change party affiliation from one party to another in order to vote in a different party primary. Unaffiliated voters were mailed both ballots and could vote and return only one ballot (or go vote in-person).
- Complete Ballot Content
- Official Notice of Election — As required by state law, this official notice of election was published on Feb. 9, 2020 in both the Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call.
- Primary Ballot Return Data — Quantities of the ballots received and processed were displayed through this website application beginning approximately two weeks before the election.
- Pre-Election Logic and Accuracy (LAT) Test Reports — These reports and related documents outline the testing procedures completed prior to conducting the election.
- Presidential Primary Election Video