A motion has been beneath means for a while now, one rooted in what is usually a exhausting fact for some information organizations: Conventional election protection hasn’t been serving communities effectively. It’s been too pushed by the horse race, by polls and pundits, by the competitors to be first and by listening an excessive amount of to candidates and never sufficient to you, the voters.
We’re breaking with that custom. And, at present, we take one other step. The Denver Submit is becoming a member of newsrooms throughout the state in doing one thing that all of us have to get higher at: listening.
Voter Voices 2024 asks Colorado voters what their priorities are on this election cycle in order that we will report and write extra responsive, consultant and honest tales. We need to seize not merely the chances, however the stakes.
The guts of Voter Voices is a brief survey constructed round a key query: “What would you like candidates to speak about as they compete in your votes?”
We need to know what your high three issues are and the way a lot religion you have got within the election course of. We’re asking you to inform us somewhat about your self in order that we will be certain that we’re, in actual fact, listening to all elements of our neighborhood. You may select to stay nameless. We hope you gained’t.
So, please take just a few moments to fill out the survey. Colorado voters might be the guiding gentle of a mannequin of election protection that places residents — what you care about and why — first.
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