Inside Colorado’s aging school buildings, black mold forces educators to teach students outside during warm months. Sewer problems prevent toilets from being flushed and render water fountains and sinks unusable.

Republican Jeff Hurd and Democrat Adam Frisch both entered the 3rd Congressional District race with a parallel goal: Unseat U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert.

Here are the top issues for Democrat Will Walters, who is running to represent Timnath, Wellington and Windsor in House District 65.

Here are the top issues for Steve Yurash, the Colorado Center Party candidate seeking to represent Fort Collins in House District 52.

Zokaie is running against Colorado Center Party candidate Steve Yurash. Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team. Zokaie 's answers are below. Responses have been edited for spelling and to conform to AP style.

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.

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.

Here's what Democrat Cathy Kipp listed as top issues running for Colorado Senate District 14, which covers Fort Collins.

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.

Here are the top issues for Republican Lori Garcia Sander, who is running to represent Timnath, Wellington and Windsor in House District 65.