DENVER — Adam Frisch gained enough votes Thursday to narrow U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s lead in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District to the point an automatic recount may be required — but with more late vote tallies to come, that still could change.
The straggling counts came from ballots mailed from outside the state by Colorado voters, which could be counted so long as they arrived by 11:59 p.m. Mountain time Wednesday. Ballots requiring additional signature verification could be counted until then as well.
Boebert had a 1,122-vote lead as of Thursday morning, but that shrank to 615 votes by 3:17 p.m. with new results from Pueblo County and other parts of the sprawling 3rd Congressional District, according to the secretary of state’s Office. That’s under the automatic recount threshold of about 817 votes, a number equal to half of 1% of the top vote-getter’s tally.
