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Denver judge rules to remove 72-hour deadline from camping ban ballot initiative
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A Denver District Court judge ruled Sunday that portions of Initiative 303 on the November ballot are “unlawful,” removing the initiative’s deadline for the city to enforce its urban camping ban. Prior to this ruling, Initiative 303 could have required the city to take action against reported illegal camps within 72 hours and allow citizens…
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Democratic AG hopeful asks Colo. Supreme Court to rule on petition battle
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Denver lawyer Brad Levin filed an appeal Thursday with the Colorado Supreme Court in an attempt to qualify for the Democrats’ June primary for attorney general. Following a hearing that stretched into the night on Wednesday, Denver District Court Judge Jay Grant ruled just hours before midnight that Levin hadn’t collected enough valid petition signatures…
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Brian Watson makes ballot in GOP state treasurer’s primary, judge rules
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State treasurer candidate Brian Watson has qualified for the Republican primary ballot after a Denver District Court judge ruled Tuesday he collected enough signatures on his nominating petitions. Watson’s win in court makes it a three-way race, with state Rep. Justin Everett, who made the ballot at the GOP state assembly, and state Rep. Polly…
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Lamborn files federal lawsuit to secure spot on GOP primary ballot
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn filed a lawsuit in federal court late Wednesday asking a judge to overturn a Colorado law that could keep the Colorado Springs Republican off the ballot in his bid for a seventh term in Congress. The move follows a unanimous ruling Monday by the Colorado Supreme Court that ordered Secretary of…
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Doug Robinson is on the ballot in GOP gubernatorial primary
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A Denver District Court declared Wednesday afternoon that businessman Doug Robinson has qualified for the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot just five days after state officials ruled he didn’t submit enough signatures on his nominating petitions. Judge Ross Buchanan accepted an agreement reached between Robinson and Secretary of State Wayne Williams allowing Williams to count 40…
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Stapleton wants to intervene in lawsuit challenging Lamborn’s petitions
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Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton is asking to intervene in a lawsuit filed last week seeking to remove U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn from the 5th Congressional District’s GOP primary ballot – a suit that alleges some signatures on Lamborn’s petitions placing him on the ballot were gathered improperly. Five Republican voters have sued Colorado Secretary…
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Douglas County voucher case now officially over
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Opponents of Douglas County’s voucher program are cheering the final step in ending the program: a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to drop the matter. The state’s highest court Thursday granted a motion from both sides to dismiss the lawsuit. The ruling also vacated all previous orders and judgments from the two other courts involved,…
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Denver gets sued over its new disclosure requirement for nonprofits
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Denver’s attempt to rein in the “dark money” that drives, and sometimes distorts, a lot of campaign messaging has landed the city in court. A lawsuit filed in Denver District Court Wednesday by a public-interest litigation foundation out of Arizona – the libertarian-leaning, Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute – contends that provisions of the campaign-reform ordinance enacted…
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YESTERYEAR: Romer takes on Union of Taxpayers’ chief over TABOR refunds
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Thirty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … On election night, 1987, incumbent Mayor Federico Peña went on to capture 79,674 votes for 51 percent of the total vote compared to challenger Don Bain’s 49 percent. The highlight (or lowlight) of the evening, was Peña’s sweltering downtown headquarters where 1,000 people crammed into…
