Colorado is known nationally as a leader in conducting fair, secure, and accurate elections while offering accessible options for everyone who wants to vote. This page provides trusted nonpartisan information about voting security, testing, auditing, and certification processes in Arapahoe County Elections.
Testing and Audits
The Elections Division conducts an audit after each election to compare voting system data to hand-counted paper ballots. This process ensures that results reported to the Secretary of State’s Office database match the results from voters’ paper ballots.
Visit The Colorado Secretary of State's Audit Center for Risk-Limiting Audit information
In addition, with the help of bipartisan representatives, our Election Services team tests every piece of ballot counting equipment before every election. This three-step process, known as the Logic and Accuracy Test, ensures all Arapahoe County ballot tabulating equipment counts votes—from every ballot style, in every precinct—accurately.
By law, every county in Colorado conducts a post-election audit that compares paper ballots to official results. Arapahoe County innovated the use of risk-limiting audits, watch our short video to learn how they ensure elections results are accurate and protect your vote.
Certifying Results
After every election, representatives from both major political parties in Arapahoe County meet with the Clerk and Recorder and the Deputy Director of Elections to review and certify election results. These Canvass Board members agree that the process was conducted fairly and that results were counted accurately when signing.
Follow the links below to review the full reports and signed certifications for the following elections:
Click here for the 2024 General Election Canvass Board Report
Click here for the 2024 General Election Certification
Click Here for the 2024 June Primary & Congressional Vacancy Election Canvass Board Report
Click Here for the 2024 June Primary & Congressional Vacancy Election Canvass Board Certification
Click here for the 2024 March Presidential Primary Election Canvass Board Report
Click here for the 2024 March Presidential Primary Election Canvass Board Certification
Click here to view the Canvass Board Report for the 2023 Coordinated Election
Click here to view the Canvass Board Certification of the 2023 Coordinated Election
Click here to view the Canvass Board Report for the 2022 General Election
Click here to view the Canvass Board Certification of the 2022 General Election
Click here to view the Canvass Board report for the 2022 Primary Election Recount
Click here to view bipartisan Canvass Board certificate for the 2022 Primary Election Recount
Click here to view bipartisan Canvass Board report for the 2022 Primary Election
Click here to view the bipartisan Canvass Board certificate for the 2022 Primary Election
Click here to view the bipartisan Canvass Board report for the 2021 November Election
Click here to view the bipartisan Canvass Board report for the 2020 November Election.
Follow the journey of a Colorado mail ballot, from the time it’s mailed to you to the time it’s received and counted by the Elections Division. Click the link to view this short educational video.
All voting systems in Colorado must be constructed according to strict guidelines to ensure data is recorded accurately and coding is reliable. Follow this link to view the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office trusted build policy.
To ensure the transparency of our elections processes, certified election results and redacted cast vote records are available to the public. Follow these links to view certified results for the following elections:
2024 General Election
Official Summary Report by Method
Redacted Cast Vote Record (CVR)
June 2024 State Primary & Vacancy Election
Official Certified Election Results
Statement of Votes Cast by Precinct
March 2024 Presidential Primary
Official Certified Election Results
Statements of Votes Cast by Precinct
November 2023 Coordinated
Official Certified Election Results
Statements of Votes Cast by Precinct
November 2022 General
Official Certified Election Results
Statements of Votes Cast by Precinct
June 2022 Primary
Official Certified Election Results
Statement of Votes Cast by Precinct
November 2021 Coordinated
Official Certified Election Results
Statement of Votes Cast by Precinct
November 2020 General
Official Certified Election Results
Statement of Votes Cast by Precinct
A mandatory recount occurs when difference between the winning candidate) and the runner-up is less than or equal to 0.5% of the highest votes cast. If more than one person will be elected to office (like two at-large city councilpersons), a recount can be triggered by the difference between the winning candidate with the least votes (lowest winner) and the losing candidate with the most votes (the first runner-up) meeting that 0.5% mark.
Recounts may also be requested by a candidate or issue committee in a given contest, but they must bear the costs.
The bipartisan Canvass Board repeats all voting systems logic and accuracy testing before any recount and must meet to certify the results after the recount is concluded.
To view the August 2022 Canvass Board certification, click here.
To view the August 2022 Canvass board report, click here.
To view the November 2021 Canvass Board certification, click here.
To view the November 2021 bipartisan Canvass Board recount report, click here.
To view a copy of the November 2021 Certification of Recount click here.
To view the November 2020 bipartisan Canvass Board recount report, click here.
To view a copy of the November 2020 Certification of Recount click here.
An unprecedented amount of misinformation, disinformation and malinformation is spreading on social media and other channels, much of it designed to undermine confidence in our elections and deceive the public about how elections work.
The bipartisan Colorado County Clerks Association (CCCA) has compiled a number of answers to frequently asked questions regarding Colorado's voting systems, including links to more resources: Get the Facts.
In addition, CCCA recently presented more specific information regarding Colorado voting system security in a public meeting with Colorado Counties, Inc.: May 25, 2022 Presentation.
The system tracks the barcode on the outside of your ballot envelope, so your actual ballot and voting selections remain anonymous.
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