Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says he is in discussions with colleagues in other states about whether to take legal action to preserve the U.S. Postal Service — and, more broadly, people’s right to vote — ahead of the November election. The talks come as national fears over the Trump administration’s degradation of the Postal […]
Paul Lopez
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: I oversee Denver’s elections. Mail ballots are safe and secure.
The ongoing attacks on mail ballots from the president and his allies are not grounded in fact. There is no evidence that mail ballots (a.k.a. absentee ballots) are more subject to fraud than other methods of voting, and there is virtually no chance that a foreign government could manipulate an election outcome by printing and […]
Posted inCOVID, Politics and Government
How Colorado will run an election amid the coronavirus and what it means for the June primary
The start of early in-person voting this week in Colorado marks a key test for officials across the state on how to conduct an election in the middle of a pandemic. The June 30 statewide primary will serve as a trial run for the all-important November election and offer clues about whether the emergency public […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, Health, Politics and Government
State and local laws push more registered sex offenders into low-income Colorado communities
The laws requiring the names of convicted sex offenders nationwide to be catalogued, and available to the public, bear the names of children sexually assaulted and murdered by predators who had committed sex offenses before. The goal was to prevent the same from happening to other children. The Jacob Wetterling Act. Megan’s Law. The Adam […]
Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government
Denver moves forward with plan for supervised injection site for IV-drug users
Denver City Council approved plans Monday night to open a supervised injection site where IV-drug users could inject heroin near staff standing by with the life-saving antidote to opioid overdose. The two-year pilot program is contingent on state legislation that would create criminal immunity for those using drugs at the site, a sterile clinic containing […]