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Start a couple different states to talk about. let's start in arizona on that senate race right there. the reason the votes are still coming in is arizona is a very heavy mail-in ballot state. so they've just collected and they've had all these votes that were sent in in the run-up to the election and they are just slowly processing them. there's a whole procedure where they get the ballot, they have to try to verify the identity of the person who sent it. so it takes time. this does happen in arizona elections. but what has happened is that kirstjen sin ma in the last 24 hours or so, the way ...

Colorado. go ahead, ana. >> reporter: hey there, john and kate. this is a bellwether county. jefferson county and the state twice went for barack obama. twice went to george w. bush. a mail-in ballot state. a lot of people voted early and conveniently, filled out their ballot at home, sent them in or dropped them off at a drop box conveniently spread out all over the state. this is where ballots come once they get here pup can see, recently they had a shipment arrive. this guy is sorting them out, putting them in bins that then get taken to these guys. these two tables are full of sorters work...

First poll closings right now. as we do, we're checking in with our correspondents across the country. ana cabrera is in golden, colorado, with an update on voting there. what are you seeing? >> reporter: we're inside the jefferson county election center where all these workers behind me are getting ready to process ballots that have been returned. colorado is a mostly mail-in ballot state. we know at least two-thirds of all registered voters have already cast their ballot. we just got new numbers from the secretary of state's office in colorado that show 2.4 million voters in colorado have no...

Process here in colorado because it's a mail-in ballot state. this is a state that twice voted for president barack obama and before that twice voted for president george w. bush. that's why it's a battleground. the latest polls show 39% supporting hillary clinton, 14% undecided. so this could go ooerlt way. it's too late to mail your ballot back at this point. voters do have the option of dropping them off at several ballot locations. dropoff boxes set up all over the state and in each county there are multiple boxes, but a lot of voters are choosing to do it the old-fashioned way. we're here...

Why 20 hours for free for hillary clinton? >> because i believe in her and loved her since i was a little girl. >> you have been excited to do it for her. i will let you go to the door. not only is she making sure that they have the early ballot because this is an early ballot state, but down ballot states. it's a very, very tough climb for her against john mccain. people thought he was going to have a tough run, but not happening. not only will hillary clinton win here, but she believes she can win and she told me why. >> i flipped two congressional districts from red to blue based on turn ou...