This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at rmpbs.org. So you’ve mailed or dropped off your ballot or maybe even voted in real life at a voting center. What happens next? The process is a set of careful steps, designed to keep your vote confidential and accurately tracking ballots all along the way. Some of the work is done by hand, but much is done by machine. In Colorado, only San Juan County, with 723 active voters, counts votes entirely by hand.