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Fort Collins election marked by landslides, nail-biters and historic results Jacy Marmaduke, Fort Collins Coloradoan Follow the ballot counting process in Fort Collins Replay Video The mascot of Fort Collins 2021 election night was the refresh button. Thanks to the political reality-shifting wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was another election that swapped lively watch parties for Zoom calls and traded intimate gatherings for the internet. After polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, candidates, local politicos and journalists alike sat in front of their computers or phones and waited for results. And waited. And waited. Historic turnout more than 41,000 votes, the highest total ever recorded in a Fort Collins municipal election meant a long night for city election workers. The City Clerk s Office switched to a new process in 2019 that involves all unofficial results being released at once. Some election-watchers had hoped for ....