The Precinct 2181307909 Democratic Caucus will be held at the Gold Hill Elementary School, 890 Main Street, from 7 to 9. Registration opens at 6:15, and everyone is encouraged to show up by 6:30, as we expect a big turnout. See more at www.bocodems.com. They also have maps of the precinct.

The Republican Caucus information: Precinct: 2181307909 Caucus Location: Mesa Elementary School Address: 1575 Lehigh Street City: Boulder 80305 – See more at: http://caucus.cologop.org

KUSA – On Tuesday, March 1, Colorado joins more than a dozen Super Tuesday states with a caucus designed to help pick the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.

The state GOP opted not to name a statewide winner in 2016, which reduces Colorado’s prominence in the Republican race. (More on this and what it means below.)

By contrast, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both visited Colorado on Saturday to try to win support.

We’ll help you understand what’s going on in both parties in this article.

CAUCUS BASICS (FOR BOTH SIDES)

Caucuses are more involved than a normal election. It’s like voting, but in a neighborhood meeting instead of a mail-in-ballot or going to a polling place.

A large chunk of Colorado’s voters cannot participate. Colorado has “closed” caucuses, which means you must have already registered as a Republican or Democrat (the deadline was January 4) to participate. And you must have lived in your precinct for 30 days prior to the caucus.

You can check your party affiliation by looking up your registration (https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter-classic/pages/pub/olvr/findVoterReg.xhtml).

FIND YOUR CAUCUS LOCATION if you are registered with a party.

Here are the Democratic caucus locations: www.bocodems.com

Here are the Republican caucus locations: http://bit.ly/1Ls7YaA

Both parties begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1. Plan on getting there by 6:15 to register and staying until 9:00, depending on your particular precinct’s size.

The caucuses are run by the political parties, not by the state government.

“These caucuses tend to be dominated by the party regulars,” 9NEWS political analyst Floyd Ciruli said. “The people that are as interested in county commissioner seats and legislative seats as they are the every-four-year presidential election.” More people usually show up in election years than in off years, although the down ballot races sometimes generate a lot of interest.

In general, that tends to makes caucuses low-turnout affairs compared to less-demanding primary elections.  The caucuses are the first step, however.  If candidates don’t make a minimum percentage in the caucus, they don’t appear on the primary ballot