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Does ballot order give topline candidate in crowded Denver mayor’s race an edge?
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Tuesday’s random drawing to determine the order of appearance of candidates for Denver mayor on the municipal ballot put Lisa Calderon’s name at the top of the list. Does that give her any edge? Two veteran observers of Denver city politics offered a mixed assessment. Steve Welchert, a former legislative liaison for Gov. Richard…
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COPO PODCAST | Denver City Clerk-elect Paul Lopez reflects on lessons learned from a close race
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Paul Lopez talked about his narrow victory in the June 4 runoff for Denver City Clerk and Recorder in the Colorado Politics Podcast. Photo taken outside the Denver Press Club on July 2, 2019.By John C. Ensslin Colorado Politics Somewhere in the Denver clerk and recorder’s office that he is moving into this week, Paul…
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Final results of Denver election: Magic mushroom measure’s win confirmed
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The Denver Elections Division released its final official results on Thursday from the May 7 general election. None of the outcomes changed after the military and overseas ballots were counted. Initiative 301, which made Denver the first city in the nation to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms, padded its lead in the final count, winning by 2,291 votes,…
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Audit: Checks in place to ensure accuracy of Denver elections
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In the era of Russian meddling in U.S. elections, checks on the accuracy of election results are fundamental. Denver’s Elections Division recently took steps required by state law to ensure that its vote counts are indeed accurate, but it also wanted to double-check it was dotting its i’s and crossing its t’s. An audit has…
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Are Denver voters canceling their registrations over Trump admin’s election commission?
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The commotion surrounding a request for Colorado voter information from the Donald Trump administration’s election commission may have roused hundreds of Denver residents to take pre-emptive action through their county clerk’s office this month. Andrew Kinney over at Denverite reported earlier this week that some 400 Denver voters withdrew their registration in a week –…
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Denver Elections Division wins prestigious international award
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Joining the ranks of Jimmy Carter, Madeleine Albright and Nelson Mandela, the Denver Elections Division has been honored by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies for developing an application that allows voters to register and on electronic tablets instead of paper. Denver’s award was for its eSign app and its Voter Registration Drive module and…
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Final Denver and Colorado election results released
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More women voted in the Nov. 8 general election in Colorado than men, and Republicans outnumbered Democrats and unaffiliated voters, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office. In its last daily ballot return update until the results are finalized on Dec. 8, the office explained that although ballots were due to county clerks’ offices by…
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Denver ballot measures head toward finish line
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It may be possible to consume marijuana in certain approved locations in Denver in the near future, after voters seem to have given Initiative 300 their approval in the latest Nov. 8 general election results provided by the Denver Elections Division. The initiative would call for a cannabis consumption pilot project in Denver, where certain private establishments…
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? Denver says it’s got election security under control
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The integrity of the nation’s voting system has been questioned like never before, led by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but the director of elections in the Denver Elections Division told reporters during a media tour Friday, Oct. 28, that the system can be trusted and is more secure than polling place election systems. Amber…
