1st General Election Vote as Coloradans

Colorado is held-up as the gold standard for mail-in voting. If our experience with how it all worked out is anything to go by, I’d say that reputation is well-deserved.

Ballots were mailed to registered voters on 9 October. The BallotTrax notification system advised us immediately. We were on a camping trip, however, so filling out our ballots had to wait a week.

Yesterday, Mui and I sat down and completed our ballots. Even with all the propositions adding to the length of the ballot, it did not take us long to fold it back up, seal it in the provided envelope, and sign our names in the provided space ... as instructed.

We’d already decided that we’d be using a convenient ballot drop box instead of the postal service to get our ballots into the voting system. Today, we drove to the DMV and did just that. Now we sit back and patiently wait for the election results to be announced!

Our reward for doing our civic duty? Mui made a delicious savory pastry ... a Turkish dish that we call “kol böreği.” This baked dish consists of phyllo pastry dough layered with a filling ... in this case ground beef. 😋😋Read more