Colorado's caucuses are slated for March 1. Now just one question: What are they, anyway?
Anyone can attend any caucus to observe, but only registered members of the party who have lived in a particular precinct for at least 22 days can participate in voting. The age range is expansive, though: Participants can be under eighteen if they're pre-registered with the party. For Republicans, participants must be seventeen by the caucus date and turn eighteen before the next general election. For Democrats, anyone sixteen or older can participate.
“The benefit to the average person of getting involved is that you can actually have a say at the ground level of which candidates best represent you, and a lot of times you get a chance to talk to them,” says Kristi Burton Brown, chairwoman of the Colorado GOP and a caucus-goer herself. “You're just part of that initial decision of who represents your party on the ballot.”
Under state law, in even-numbered years the major parties must hold their precinct caucuses between the first Tuesday in March and the following Saturday. These precinct caucuses are the first step to the November election nine months later. In 2022, while the Republicans will stick with caucuses on March 2, the Democrats have decided to spread theirs over five days.
“It's important, because Colorado is one of the few states that lets people who don't have a lot of money get on the ballot,” Burton Brown says. “You just convince enough people who get elected as delegates at caucus to vote for you because you're the right candidate.”
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