Today is Colorado’s primary election, but some Denver residents were able to vote early — not by mail, but with an iPad.

Denver election officials went to senior centers last week and let voters select candidates on paper or on an iPad. Election judges explained how to enlarge the screen image and how to tap the screen to select a candidate.

Bernice Harris, 83, said she hasn’t voted in 10 years, but the technology made it simple.

“It was easy,” she said. “I could see much better. [The election judge] showed me how to use it.”

Harris, who has lived at St. Paul Health Center for three years, said she would like to use an iPad to vote in November.

Through Monday evening, more than 400,000 ballots had been returned, and the majority of Colorado counties choose to vote by mail for the primary.

By Alia Conley, News21