Colorado secretary of state to reach out to homeless voters

Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams is joining an effort aimed at encouraging homeless people to register to vote ahead of the election.

“We’re engaged in a lot of different processes,” Williams said in an interview. “We recognize that in a presidential election, there’s a heightened interest and so we’re making sure everyone who can vote registers ahead of time so they aren’t trying to walk in and register on the day of the election.”

On Tuesday, Williams and staff registered homeless people outside a public library on Colfax Avenue in Aurora. They are allowed to the use the addresses of homeless shelters or another “home base” for their registration.

By noon, officials had registered 13 people to vote.

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