I've had an online account with the Colorado Department of Revenue for years and I am well aware of how to verify the status of my tax return online, and how to obtain information from its website. You mentioned that the IRS is employing a similar identity verification process to the one in Colorado. I filed my federal return at the exact same time as my Colorado return, and the IRS almost immediately verified that my return was received. The next day, the IRS processed my return, and, within a day or two, had already deposited a tax refund into my checking account. My issue with Colorado is not that my return hasn't been processed - it's that it hasn't even been received at all. There is no rational reason why electronically filed returns can't be received immediately - assuming they have been transmitted by the service provider. There is no compelling reason at all to assume that Colorado is responsible for the delay in initial receipt of my return. I have no way of verifying whether or not it has been properly transmitted by TurboTax. That is my concern.
