Political consulting firm Kennedy Enterprises must return about $235,000 it earned gathering signatures intended to get 2018 Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton on the primary ballot, a Denver District Court judge ruled on Friday Stapleton sued the signature-gathering firm after fraud allegations about the more than 21,000 signatures Kennedy collected at a cost of $11 […]
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Lawsuit against signature-gathering firm illustrates problems with Colorado’s process to get on the ballot, lawyer says
Colorado has deep-seated problems with its petition system that could prevent qualified candidates from getting on the ballot, says an attorney for 2018 Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton. Stapleton is suing a company he hired to collect thousands of signatures to land him on the primary ballot in a case that is slated to go […]
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Campaign to end abortions at 22 weeks and after in Colorado pursues options
A campaign to end abortions at 22 weeks and after in Colorado is pursuing several versions of a ballot measure in hopes of putting just one before voters in the 2020 election. The first proposal would have made it a felony for doctors to perform abortions at that point unless a woman’s life is at […]
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Colorado voters will be able to cast their presidential primary ballots on the same day as New Hampshire’s
Iowa and New Hampshire are synonymous with presidential primary politics, serving as a litmus test for candidates in every election cycle. But they’ll need to make room for Colorado, too. Colorado voters will be among the first able to cast presidential primary ballots in 2020. That’s because mail-in ballots will be sent to voters 22 […]
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22-week abortion ban moves closer to landing on Colorado’s 2020 ballot
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press A proposal to ban abortions at 22 weeks in Colorado moved closer to being on next year’s ballot on Wednesday. The state’s title board, made up of representatives of the Secretary of State’s Office, the state Attorney General’s Office and the Legislature’s legal office, agreed the measure dealt with […]
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11,467 Colorado parolees can now vote after new law goes into effect
Nearly 11,500 parolees in Colorado now can legally vote under a law that took effect Monday broadening voting rights for people convicted of felony crimes. State lawmakers this year passed the legislation as part of a criminal justice reform package. Before Monday, parolees had to complete their sentences before being able to cast a ballot. […]
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Illegal voting conviction in small Colorado town that prompted call for federal investigation is overturned
A judge has overturned the illegal voting conviction of a woman from a small Colorado mountain town in a case that grabbed headlines last year and prompted state officials to ask for a federal investigation into a district attorney. A Gunnison County District Court judge ruled last month that a lower court erred when it […]
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As Colorado prepares to ask voters to OK sports betting, a regional divide on the issue has surfaced across the U.S.
By Geoff Mulvihill, The Associated Press CHERRY HILL, N.J. — In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for every state to legalize sports betting , a regional divide has opened as states decide whether to expand their gambling options. By year’s end, legalization is possible in a dozen states in the Northeast and […]
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Ranked-choice voting could come to Colorado cities in 2019. Is the statewide ballot next?
An effort to bring ranked-choice voting to Pueblo has quietly started lining up support for a more ambitious target — the statewide 2020 ballot — that could have sweeping implications for Colorado politics. Ranked-choice voting — also known as an “instant runoff” election — has garnered national attention in recent years, most notably because of […]
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It’s been a smooth ride for most Colorado voters, but even minor midterm glitches seem bigger in a volatile political climate
Absentee ballots that didn’t make it back to Denver. Some 61,000 Adams County ballots that wound up in storage for a week, instead of in voters’ hands. Drop-off boxes stuffed to the brim. Worries among voters whose drop-off sites blur county lines that their ballots might not be counted. It hasn’t been a silky smooth […]