chuck broerman
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Election judges removed by GOP county chairwoman now calling for appeals process
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Infighting in the El Paso County GOP bled into preparations for the upcoming November election, when the party chairwoman called for a handful of people to be removed from their posts as Republican election judges. Chairwoman Vickie Tonkins told El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Chuck Broerman that several election judges “no longer represent the…
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Denver judge dismisses GOP candidate recount lawsuit, group appeals to Colorado Supreme Court
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In a move Secretary of State Jena Griswold called a “victory for Colorado voters,” a Denver County judge this week dismissed a case filed by a group of Republican candidates who sought discretionary recounts in the June 28 primaries that alleged El Paso County was not conducting the recount “in a fair, impartial and uniform…
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On day of recount deadline, El Paso County judge denies candidates’ motion to extend statutory cutoff
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On the day Colorado county clerks are lawfully required to complete recounts of the June 28 primary election, and a day after El Paso County completed its recount, a county judge denied the request from a group of unsuccessful GOP candidates to extend the statutory recount deadline. On Tuesday, El Paso County coroner candidate Dr.…
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Election officials praise ballot scanner accuracy, El Paso County residents call for hand recounts
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Following disputed claims that El Paso County’s ballot tabulation equipment failed logic and accuracy testing ahead of recounts of four GOP primary election races, and amid two related lawsuits leveled at the county clerk and Colorado secretary of state, a handful of residents urged commissioners Tuesday to insist on hand recounts. But several Colorado election…
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Redistricting commissioner announces renewed run for El Paso County elections chief
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Elizabeth Wilkes, who had a high-profile 2021 after serving as one of the state’s 12 congressional redistricting commissioners, hopes to get elected as El Paso County’s chief elections officer in 2022. The Colorado Springs Democrat filed candidacy paperwork Wednesday for the county Clerk and Recorder race, which will have no incumbent candidate this year. Wilkes unsuccessfully…
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Election officials launch campaign to help unaffiliated voters cast ballots for first time in primary
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For the first time, Colorado’s unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the June 26 primary election without having to join a party – and they’ll have some help figuring it all out from an 8-foot, yellow, inflatable U. Secretary of State Wayne Williams kicked off the campaign Friday in Grand Junction with his predecessor Bernie…
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Q&A with Chuck Broerman: No. 1 county’s top election official says Colorado sets the pace
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Work. And elections. They’ve helped define Chuck Broerman. Before he ever was elected El Paso County’s clerk and recorder, he climbed the ranks in the office – starting as a motor vehicle technician in the clerk’s office, then working his way up to operations manager, interim motor vehicle manager and chief deputy clerk under his…
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BARTELS: El Paso County elections staff wins “Innovation Award”
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Here’s to the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s elections division, which recently was honored by the county with an “Innovation Award. The El Paso County Board of Commissioners handed out three awards that recognized a new idea or process that resulted in a positive improvement in customer service. “I couldn’t be more proud of the…
