colorado presidential primary elections
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Williams readies constitutional amendment
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A constitutional amendment that would reduce the lengthy and repetitive language regarding judicial retention questions on election ballots is on Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams‘ wish list for the upcoming state legislative session. Williams and his staff outlined his legislative plans to the Bipartisan Election Advisory Committee Thursday, Dec. 15. The committee includes county clerks,…
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Lundberg and Lawrence: Editing, approving ‘Blue Book’ a legitimate function of lawmakers
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Legendary humorist Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel halfway round the world before the truth puts its shoes on.” In the Internet Age, a lie can “go viral” before truth can hit the “reply” button. So, it’s doubly important to set the record straight when major media outlets like the Denver Post and…
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Presidential primary concerns aired
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The people who would have to do the behind-the-scenes work to make a presidential primary election happen in Colorado four years from now have several concerns and questions about the issue voters will decide this fall. At the Tuesday, Sept. 13, meeting of the Colorado Secretary of State’s Bipartisan Election Advisory Committee, elected state officials,…
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Presidential primary, open primary issues on ballot
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Presidential primary elections would return to Colorado, and independent voters could take part in primary elections, under two more measures placed on the state general election ballot Wednesday. Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that backers of the separate ballot measures submitted the signatures of more than the required number of registered voters to…
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Backers of five measures beat petition deadline
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Backers of five proposed ballot measures beat the Friday deadline and submitted petition signatures for verification, bringing the total number of possible ballot measures voters could face in the November general election to 11. Boxes of petition signatures were turned in that would ask voters whether to allow local governments to ban oil-and-gas development, triple…
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Lundberg: Disenfranchised? Are you serious?
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Two proposed November ballot initiatives funded by deep pockets in the Denver business sector are making troublesome claims about Colorado having “1.3 million disenfranchised voters.” If true, this is a national civil rights scandal! Who are these alleged victims of discrimination? They are Colorado’s unaffiliated registered voters, the 34 percent of active registered voters who…
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Lawmakers agree to disagree, primary election bill ends with a whimper
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On Tuesday, the Senate state affairs committee killed House Bill 1454 and ended any hope that the Legislature would reinstate presidential primary elections in Colorado after wide public dissatisfaction with the state’s caucus system this year. The bill died on a 3-2 party line vote. All of the Republican members of the committee voted against…
