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A couple of laurels for Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams
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… OK, one of them is more like a smooth move: luring the 2020 National Association of Secretaries of State summer conference to Colorado. Specifically, to Williams’s hometown, Colorado Springs (at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, to be exact). A press release from Williams’s office elaborated on his efforts to bring the July happening (specific dates TBA) to…
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A pleasant surprise — and quite an honor — for a longtime elections maven
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Remember Natalie Meyer? Who could forget Colorado’s longest-serving secretary of state? The Republican was elected to the first of her three terms in 1982 – it was before term limits – and served through 1994. In her time in office she was widely respected across the partisan divide for keeping a steady hand on the…
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Officials: Colorado’s election infrastructure not among 39 states’ reportedly hit by Russian cyber attack
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Colorado’s computerized voter system doesn’t appear to have been targeted by Russian hackers who penetrated systems in two states last summer and reportedly tried to access files in dozens of other states before last year’s election, officials with the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Tuesday. While the Colorado system is subject to hundreds of…
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Williams disappointed at DHS election systems classification
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Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams has joined his peers across the country in expressing disappointment with the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to classify election systems as “critical infrastructure” without a promised collaboration process. A news release from Williams’ office said one concern is that the classification may give the federal government more control…
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BARTELS: El Paso County elections staff wins “Innovation Award”
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Here’s to the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s elections division, which recently was honored by the county with an “Innovation Award. The El Paso County Board of Commissioners handed out three awards that recognized a new idea or process that resulted in a positive improvement in customer service. “I couldn’t be more proud of the…
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BARTELS: Pueblo a home of heroes and a harmonious legislative delegation
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Pueblo’s up-and-coming leaders met with their lawmakers and other elected officials, including Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, during a visit to the state Capitol on Thursday. The visitors are part of the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Pueblo 2016 class that began in January with a two-day retreat in Trinidad and ends in May. Lobbyist…
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BARTELS: Secretary Wayne Williams helps honor legendary civil rights attorney
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Williams voted for attorney Fred Gray of Alabama to receive the National Association of Secretaries of States’ Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award for political courage. Gray was recognized at NASS’ winter conference in Washington D.C. last week for his lifelong service to civil rights. “I proudly accept this award on behalf of all the clients…
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Lakewood High School students see “our government in action”
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Lakewood High School students who traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of the Close Up program gave the experience high marks. The students had appointments to see U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner, a Republican, and Michael Bennet, a Democrat, along with their congressman, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Jefferson County. They weren’t planning on meeting Colorado Secretary…
