Public Policy

Colorado’s Primary Election

Colorado’s Primary Election is June 25, 2024.  Colorado allows election-day voter registration online or in person.

Under Colorado law, the ballot content for each election is finalized two months before Election Day, at which point ballots are created and printed.  Sample ballots for the June 25, 2024 Primary Election will be posted on websites of county Clerks and Recorders in late April 2024.

Colorado has an open primary, which means that unaffiliated voters are allowed to vote in primary elections.  Ballot envelopes mailed to those voters include a ballot for choosing Democratic candidates and a ballot for the Republican candidates.  Only one ballot can be completed and returned to the county.  If both ballots are voted and returned, both ballots are rejected.

These are the offices that will be included on the June 25th Primary Election:

  • US House of Representatives (this includes the Congressional District 4 Vacancy Election).
  • Colorado House of Representatives
  • Colorado Senate
  • Colorado State Board of Education

In-person voting will be available until 7:00pm June 25, 2024.  Mail-in ballots must be received in a drop-box or from the US Post Office by 7:00pm June 25, 2024.

Become a Two-Minute Activist!

Do you want to show your support for legislation that supports women and girls?  Are you held back by not knowing how? You can become a Two-Minute Activist!  AAUW provides a quick and very easy way to contact your senator and congressional representatives.  

Go to AAUW at https://www.aauw.org/act/two-minute-activist/ or to our state AAUW website at https://aauw-co.aauw.net/advocacy/take-action-at-the-national-level/ .  Current legislation needing support is listed.  Complete your activism in five easy steps:

  1. Click on the legislation you wish to support.
  2. Fill out your name and contact info so the system can locate your congresspeople. 
  3. The system displays your congresspeople and their contact info so you don’t have to dig for it.
  4. The system displays a support letter written by AAUW.  Send it as is or use your keyboard to edit and personalize the letter as you would like.  Add, delete, or tweak the text.  
  5. Hit SUBMIT and your email/letter is on its way to Washington!

You can sign up on the AAUW national website to get notices to your email inbox when AAUW is campaigning on an issue and needs members to contact their senators and congresspeople.  You can also text AAUW to 21333 to become a Two-Minute Activist on your phone.

Check out AAUW-CO’s legislative initiatives by clicking here.

AAUW Voter Education Policies

AAUW does not endorse candidates for partisan office, nor any political party.  AAUW state and branches may conduct election-related activities such as candidate forums as long as the activity does not advocate the election of partisan candidates or political parties and the activity is not coordinated with a partisan candidate or political party. AAUW members cannot use the name of AAUW when endorsing candidates or political parties.

On Ballot Issues: When AAUW has a stated position, a member is always free to vote how they wish, but they may not take an opposing position identifying as an AAUW member. Branches may not publicly take opposing positions.