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Polis, Ganahl each commit to 3 gubernatorial debates but only agree on attending one
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the Democratic incumbent, and Heidi Ganahl, his Republican challenger, have each committed to appearing at three general election debates in September and October, their respective campaigns announced on Monday — but so far they’ve only both agreed to participate in one of them. Ganahl initiated this year’s edition of the perennial…
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The Colorado Civic Barbecue — let’s make politics fun again
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On the first Sunday in May, Swiss citizens throughout that mountainous, cow-happy country merrily gather in their town squares to drink beer, show off their swords and practice democracy. They call it the Landsgemeinde, and they’ve been doing it since about 1294. Essentially the Swiss have turned election day into a party, with sausages, pastries,…
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What if they held an election and (almost) nobody ran for office?
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…That’s more or less what’s happening in nine – count ’em, nine – of the Pikes Peak region’s 17 school districts in this fall’s balloting, reports The Colorado Springs Gazette’s Debbie Kelley. A host of school board seats are uncontested in those districts; in some cases, there aren’t even enough candidates to fill board vacancies.…
