(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Secretary of State’s office has reported the number of ballots returned to County Clerks for the General Election on Nov. 8, 2022. So far, 271,407 ballots have been returned as of Tuesday, Oct 25. at 11:59 p.m.

According to the Secretary of State, the most number of ballots returned by party registration were from those who are Unaffiliated followed by the Democrats and Republicans:

2022 Unaffiliated (UAF) 97,992 (36.11%)2022 DEM 90,255 (33.26%)2022 REP 80,422 (29.63%)2022 Action Constitution Party (ACN) 421 (0.16%)2022 Green Party (GRN) 378 (0.14%)

Ballots returned by County in Southern Colorado:

El Paso 32,694Chaffee 1,493Mineral 128Prowers 679Teller 40Alamosa 698Conejos 228Elbert 1,579Kiowa 117Moffat 12Pueblo 6,655Costilla 281Fremont 1,652Kit Carson 357Montezuma 1,399Archuleta 751Crowley 54Montrose 4,044La Plata 4,643Rio Grande 478Baca 224Custer 439Bent 276Delta 2,163Saguache 165Otero 1,099Las Animas 938Huerfano 729

Statistics show that the most amount of ballots returned were from those ages 65 to 74. The least amount of ballots returned were from those between ages 18-24.

Ages 65-74 (29.21%)Ages 75 and over (22%)Ages 55-64 (19.78%)Ages 45-54 (11.26%)Ages 35-44 (9.03%)Ages 25-34 (6.27%)