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Colorado Supreme Court committee advances election-related change, goes back to work on magistrate rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s civil rules committee approved a procedural change on Friday for court challenges to presidential electors, a move that complies with legislation passed this year. The committee also heard from the Supreme Court that it must perform further work on proposed changes to the rules governing magistrates, after the justices heard criticism…
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2022 SESSION: Quirkiest Moments
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The 2022 session did not lack for bizarre moments – thanks to quirky behavior by lawmakers and others. The most delicious – or stomach-turning – moment, depending on your taste: The Rocky Mountain oyster-eating contest, part of the Colorado Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Day, occurred on April 21. For Easterners or other Colorado newbies, Rocky Mountain oyster is what…
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Bill to limit contributions to school board candidates clears first committee
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A bill that would cap individual contributions to school board candidates at $2,500 is awaiting action from its second House committee. Rep. Emily Sirota, D-Denver, is the sponsor of House Bill 1060, which would also cap donations from small donor committees to $25,000 per election cycle. Small donor committees are those that generally get their…
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COVER STORY | Does Colorado need a new way to pick presidents?
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Future American presidents should earn their seats through a national popular vote, Colorado Democrats say. And the state’s Republican lawmakers can delay, but not prevent the movement, it seems. The state legislature is on track to join 11 other states and the District of Columbia with the expected passage of Senate Bill 42, proposed by…
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Bernie Sanders follows rallies with Denver fundraiser for state House candidates
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Bernie Sanders urged supporters Wednesday night at a Denver fundraiser to work hard until the midterms to elect “courageous people” who can implement progressive policies. “We can win a sweeping victory all across this country, but – but we won’t do it simply by dreaming of a blue wave,” said Sanders, the independent senator from…
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SLOAN | Will Colorado’s centrist Democrats join national lurch to the left?
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The Democratic Party, like most political parties that feel themselves on the verge of some sweeping victory, is having an uneasy conversation with itself, to say the least. The radicals, intoxicated on revolutionary fervor and smelling blood in the water, seem to be convinced that the new age has finally dawned, and the time is…
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Activists post demands to DPS board for next superintendent
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About 50 community activists took to the sidewalks outside of the Denver Public Schools headquarters Monday to voice their concerns about the next superintendent of the 90,000-student school system. The group, known as Our Voice-Our Schools (OVOS), published a manifesto Monday afternoon that highlighted its wish list for the next superintendent. Among the requirements: no…
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NOONAN | Democratic women voters blow the top off the state primaries
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Democratic women vote. Pay attention. That’s the biggest message from the recent Colorado primary. Democrats and Dem-leaning unaffiliated voters as a whole outvoted the GOP 56% to 44% by the numbers. Democratic women outvoted Democratic men 60% to 40%. Democratic women outvoted GOP women 58% to 42%. Democratic women outvoted GOP men 56% to 44%. It’s unprecedented.…
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TRAIL MIX: Tom Tancredo, Bernie Sanders will flavor Colorado’s fall campaign
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Elsewhere at ColoradoPolitics.com, we take a look at the just-completed June primary and consider the winners and losers left in its wake. Two towering and political figures, Tom Tancredo and Bernie Sanders, don’t fit neatly into either category – they appear to have won some and lost some – but have done as much as…
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Outside political spending floods House and Senate primary races
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Independent expenditure committees (IECs), which include 527 political groups, have been on an unprecedented spending spree during the primary season on state House and Senate races. One candidate – Zach Neumann, who’s running for the Democratic nod for the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Irene Aguilar – has been the biggest beneficiary, to the…
