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Finding a polling place was difficult for some Evergreen area residents, who were caught unaware that their customary voting establishment had become obsolete, at least temporarily, if not permanently.

At least 10 polling places from Kittredge to Evergreen were consolidated down to five for the Nov. 2 elections, said Josh Liss, Jeffco’s deputy of elections.

  As of Friday, Nov. 5, the race between Democrat Jeanne Nicholson and Republican Tim Leonard for the District 16 state Senate seat was still too close too call.

As of late afternoon, Leonard said the margin was 456 votes, with Nicholson in the lead. Some 320 outstanding provisional ballots in Jefferson County still remained to be validated and counted, Leonard said.

On Wednesday The Denver Post reported Leonard ahead with 27,690 votes, compared to Jeanne Nicholson with 27,318 votes.

A driver going the wrong way on U.S. 285 has died in a two-vehicle accident that also injured a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy.
The accident occurred about 8:24 p.m. Wednesday when a vehicle traveling north in the southbound lanes of U.S. 285 struck a Jefferson County patrol vehicle.
The driver of a black Subaru Outback, identified as Sabrina Pedersen, 33, of Evergreen, was traveling on U.S. 285 between Eagle Cliff Road and Turkey Creek Road when the accident occurred. Pedersen was pronounced dead at the scene.

It was not known whether Evergreen Republican Tim Leonard or Gilpin County Democrat Jeanne Nicholson had eked out a narrow win in the race for the state Senate District 16 seat as of late Wednesday afternoon.
At 5 p.m., the Denver Post reported Tim Leonard with 50.3 percent, or 27,690 votes, to Jeanne Nicholson’s 49.6 percent, or 27,318 votes, a difference of 372 votes.
But Nicholson campaign manager Tracy McIlrath contended that Nicholson was ahead by 518 votes, based on an afternoon survey of five county clerks' offices.