2020 elections
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Colorado House committee OKs election integrity bill after dueling testimonies from Peters, Griswold
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A state House committee on Monday approved legislation to tighten security controls around elections and in county clerks’ offices following dueling testimonies from Colorado’s leading candidates for secretary of state. The House State, Civic, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee approved, on a party-line vote, Senate Bill 153, which sponsors say is a response to alleged security breaches in…
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Tina Peters, Ron Hanks to headline ‘election truth’ rally featuring Mike Lindell
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An “election truth” rally is expected to draw hundreds of people to the Colorado state Capitol today. Several of Colorado’s conservative firebrands, including Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and Rep. Ron Hanks, R-Cañon City, plan to speak at the rally organized by a prominent group with an associated militia. Sherronna Bishop, a Garfield County resident who…
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Pam Anderson qualifies for GOP primary against Tina Peters for Colorado secretary of state
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Republican secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson on Monday qualified for Colorado’s June primary ballot after election officials determined she submitted enough valid signatures on nominating petitions. Anderson, a former Jefferson County clerk and former executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, is running for the GOP nomination against Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who…
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El Paso GOP chair attacks Lamborn after he cites ‘troubling irregularities’ in assembly process
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Long-simmering tension between competing factions in the local Republican Party spilled into public view on March 31 when El Paso County GOP Chairwoman Vickie Tonkins tore into U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a combative email denouncing the Colorado Springs Republican as dishonest and corrupt after Lamborn accused Tonkins and her allies of rigging the nomination…
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GOP secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson responds to Peters bid with call for ‘professionalism’
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Republican secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson responded to Monday’s announcement that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is entering the GOP primary for the seat with a call for a “return to professionalism” in the office and a vow to serve as a “fair referee” overseeing Colorado’s elections. Anderson, a former two-term Jefferson County clerk…
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Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters turns herself in on obstruction warrant, released on bond
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Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters turned herself in on a misdemeanor arrest warrant Thursday morning in Grand Junction and was immediately released on bond, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said. Peters is facing misdemeanor charges of obstructing a peace officer and obstructing government operations stemming from an incident earlier in the week when law enforcement…
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Elbert County Clerk and Recorder admits copying election hard drives, says it’s his duty to ‘preserve’ 2020 records
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Dallas Schroeder, the Republican Clerk and Recorder for Elbert County, made copies of two hard drives of the county’s Dominion Voting Systems equipment, received instructions from two non-election staffers on how to do so, and admitted giving a copy to two private attorneys, who included his personal counsel. Schroeder’s admission came in response to a…
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SONDERMANN | Letters from my pen pal, Donald
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Eric Sondermann All of us need reliable friends. We take companionship where we can find it. In some cases, that camaraderie comes in the form of correspondence. Ergo, the term pen pal. For much of the past year, I have been heartened to have my very own such pal. He writes me regularly, multiple times…
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Democrat Trish Zornio, scientist and community activist, weighing run against Gardner
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Trish Zornio’s resume says scientist, but it could soon say candidate. The 32-year-old biomedical scientist from Superior is putting noticeable research into her consideration of running against U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. A Democrat from a family of New Hampshire Republicans, she has a detailed website about her potential candidacy. Monday evening she held…
