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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 18 edition

Mar 18, 2018

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Ernest Luning

TREASURER HUNT … There are six Republicans running for state treasurer, and if current trends continue, primary voters could have nearly that many to choose from in June. Two of the candidates – Denver businessman Brian Watson and state Rep. Polly Lawrence of Roxborough Park – have turned in petitions, which are awaiting verification but…
Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold wins endorsement from Let America Vote organization

Mar 9, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Calling her a “voting rights champion,” Let America Vote, a progressive organization devoted to fighting voter suppression efforts and expanding voting rights, this week endorsed Jena Griswold, one of two Democrats challenging Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams. “Jena Griswold knows that the right to vote is fundamental in our country, and I know she’ll…
Missouri’s Jason Kander to headline fundraiser for Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold

Mar 1, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote and a 2016 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, will be the featured guest at a March fundraiser for Colorado secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold, her campaign announced Wednesday. Kander and Griswold, who is challenging Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams’…
Colorado Democrats want help naming annual fundraising dinner

Dec 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Colorado Democratic Party is still looking for a name for its annual fundraising dinner – for the time being, the upcoming one is known as the 85th Annual Dinner – and plans to conduct a poll after gathering suggestions. The party is also accepting nominations in four categories for awards that will be bestowed…
Statehouse Democrats slam Rep. Dave Williams’ ‘take a knee’ allegation, charge Republican ‘will lie about anything’

Sep 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic lawmakers were furious Friday after state Rep. Dave Williams, a Colorado Springs Republican, alleged some Democrats were planning to “take a knee” at the start of next week’s special legislative session in solidarity with NFL players, charging that Williams invented the accusation out of whole cloth. Williams issued a statement Friday morning denouncing what…
Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams turns over state voter data to White House commission

Aug 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s secretary of state’s office successfully submitted voter data Tuesday to a White House commission on election fraud, capping a month of heated controversy over the request. The office was unable to send the data on Monday, as originally planned, due to a computer glitch, but received confirmation the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity had…
Election officials slam Kobach claim that Colorado voters canceling registration might be felons, non-citizens

Jul 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Election officials on Friday tore into a suggestion by the co-chair of a White House commission on election fraud that Colorado voters withdrawing their registration might have something to hide. After Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the Republican vice chair of the bipartisan Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, asked for extensive voter registration data…
Democrat Jena Griswold scolds Secretary of State Wayne Williams for bowing to voter data request

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic Secretary of State candidate Jena Griswold blasted Republican incumbent Wayne Williams on Friday for agreeing to go along with a White House election commission’s request for voter data even as privacy advocates challenged its legality and thousands of Colorado voters were canceling their registrations. But a spokeswoman for Williams said the secretary has simply…
Democrat Jena Griswold launches campaign for Colorado secretary of state

Jul 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Declaring she will “stand up against the Trump Administration, and protect Coloradans’ right to vote,” Democrat Jena Griswold on Wednesday launched her campaign for Colorado secretary of state with attacks on a White House commission devoted to examining voter fraud. “As Secretary of State, I will ensure that Colorado continues to have the most secure…
Federal election commission puts a hold on request for Colorado voter data

Jul 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The White House election commission that’s caused such a stir with its request for troves of voter data from every state hit the pause button Monday. In an email delivered to Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams and other election officials across the country, an officer with the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity told officials to…