The Denver Post voter guide rounds up our explainers, stories, candidate Q&As and endorsements for the 2024 election.

Former President Donald Trump said on Friday that if he were reelected he would enact what he called "Operation Aurora" to target illegal immigrants in Colorado and across the country. He made the announcement in an afternoon rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora.

Former President Donald Trump called on Colorado voters to deliver a protest vote at a rally in Aurora, Co. on Friday. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: There's more enthusiasm today than ever before. But there was great indignation in Colorado by what this ineffective person did.

A bipartisan group of county clerks gathered next to a ballot drop box in Highlands Ranch on Thursday morning to mark the occasion. They shared key election dates and deadlines and — amid still-prevalent election denialism and baseless conspiracy theories — emphasized that Colorado’s paper ballot-based election systems are accurate and secure.

Donald Trump will hold an immigration-focused rally on Friday in Aurora, Colorado, a place the Republican presidential candidate has falsely depicted as a "war zone" overrun by Venezuelan gang members even as local officials have denied the allegations and Venezuelans have expressed fear they are being scapegoated.

Every registered voter in Colorado will receive a ballot through the mail, but you can choose whether to vote by mail or in person. Either way, ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5. If you're mailing your ballot, the Secretary of State recommends doing so by Oct. 28 to ensure it arrives in time.

The Colorado Secretary of State also has an online tool, BallotTrax, which voters can use to track their ballots both as they are being mailed out and as they are counted. Election officials across the state can begin counting mail-in ballots starting Oct. 21.

Former President Donald Trump is coming to a Colorado city where crime is down to warn about the danger he says criminal migrants pose to voters

Colorado voters will see 14 questions on their statewide ballots ranging from abortion rights to a change in the way the state's elections work.

Coloradans will elect representatives to the 119th Congress in all eight of the state’s congressional districts in 2024. Members will be sworn in to serve two-year terms beginning on Jan. 3, 2025. Republicans currently hold a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives,

Donald Trump stepped away from battleground states Friday, campaigning in Colorado and driving a message that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns, often using false or misleading claims to do so.