league of women voters
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Plethora of Colorado voter guides to inform, after that it’s up to you
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Shelly Roehrs knows she can’t make anybody vote. But as one of a record 135 members of the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, she knows she can help educate and inform people about the particulars of an election ballot. What they do after that, she said, is up to them. “There…
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Federal judge allows voter intimidation lawsuit to proceed against Colorado group
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A federal judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a Colorado-based group’s door-to-door canvassing amounts to illegal voter intimidation and a conspiracy to prevent people from voting. Earlier this year, three civic groups filed a federal complaint asking that a judge order the U.S. Election Integrity Plan – a group that believes there were illegal…
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Federal judge declines to issue restraining order against alleged voter intimidation
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A federal judge has declined to issue a temporary restraining order after finding no imminent threat from a group who allegedly interrogated and intimidated Colorado voters at their homes, including while armed. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer rejected a request from three civic organizations to temporarily block the U.S. Election Integrity Plan…
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League of Women Voters to explain ballot issues Saturday in the Springs
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The League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region will answer the question “What’s On Your Ballot?” Saturday morning in Colorado Springs. The nonpartisan organization will explain issues on the November ballot from 10 a.m. to noon at Rockrimmon Library, 832 Village Center Drive. The meeting is free. RSVPs are welcome, but not required,…
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COVER STORY | Drawing the line on gerrymandering
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Democratic and Republican leaders in Colorado have at least one thing in common: Neither side trusts each other or the courts to be fairer to Colorado voters than Colorado voters would be to themselves. That’s the idea driving amendments Y and Z on the state’s November ballot to allow independent commissions to draw electoral district…
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Fair Districts Colorado moves ahead with redistricting commission
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Colorado Politics told you last month about a bipartisan group that hopes to move the power to draw legislative districts a little farther away from partisan interests to a independent commission. Thursday Fair Districts Colorado the language for three proposals with the Office of Legislative Council after it says it conducted a statewide listening tour.…
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Voter suppression — fact or fiction? Our secretary of state has the answer
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…But you’ll have to show up at a Denver League of Women Voters “Drinks and Dialogue” get-together Sept. 18 at Bogeys on the Park, in Denver’s City Park West ‘hood, to learn what Williams has to say about it all. (A good guess: He will assure those who attend that there’s no voter suppression in…
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Political reformers to hold public workshop Saturday in Denver
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Political reform groups made up of Democrats, Republicans and independents are planning and event called Unrig the System: How We Can Fix Colorado Politics in Denver Saturday afternoon. The hosts are Represent.Us, Independent Voter Project, The Centrist Project and other groups that want to talk about “structural political reforms that increase competition, participation and accountability…
