open primaries

Election officials launch campaign to help unaffiliated voters cast ballots for first time in primary

Mar 31, 2018

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Ernest Luning

For the first time, Colorado’s unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the June 26 primary election without having to join a party – and they’ll have some help figuring it all out from an 8-foot, yellow, inflatable U. Secretary of State Wayne Williams kicked off the campaign Friday in Grand Junction with his predecessor Bernie…
Kent Thiry applauds Colorado GOP’s decision to leave primary open to unaffiliated voters

Sep 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The chief backer of a ballot measure to allow unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in Colorado primaries cheered Saturday’s decision by state Republicans to go ahead with next year’s primary under the new rules rather than cancel the election. “The vote by the Republican Party’s leadership is a great win for Colorado’s governance, the Colorado…
RNC members Vera Ortegon, George Leing urge Colorado Republicans to stick with primary election

Sep 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s Republican National Committee members are joining the chorus of GOP stalwarts urging the party’s central committee to reject a proposal to opt out of the primary election next year rather than allow unaffiliated voters to participate. State Republicans decide Saturday whether to go along with voter-approved Proposition 108 and let voters who aren’t affiliated…
Kent Thiry urges Colorado Republicans against calling off next year’s primary election

Sep 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The wealthy executive who championed a ballot measure to let unaffiliated voters cast ballots in Colorado primaries is urging state Republicans to defeat a proposal to scrap next year’s primary election and instead nominate candidates at party assemblies. The Colorado GOP plans to consider whether to cancel the primary at a meeting of the Republican…
Open primaries in Colorado casts the shadow of party affiliation in last-minute legislation

May 8, 2017

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Joey Bunch

My pal Charles Ashby of the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel shined a light Friday on a last-minute bill that calls into question how open voters intended primaries to be when they passed Proposition 107 and Proposition 108 last year. Proposition 107 created a presidential primary for Colorado, and Proposition 108 allows unaffiliated voters to participate…
Three state Republican chair candidates pitch platforms to Highlands Ranch GOP

Mar 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It was all elbows and Spartacus at a spirited forum featuring the candidates for state GOP chairman last Friday at a meeting of the Highlands Ranch Republicans. Former congressional candidate George Athanasopoulos, former El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays and Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney, who chaired Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Mesa…
State GOP officer candidates make case at county meetings

Feb 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The announced candidates for the Colorado Republican Party’s statewide officer elections made the rounds in the metro area on Saturday, pressing the flesh and making their pitches at GOP county reorganizations. All four of the Republicans in the running – chair hopefuls George Athanasopoulos, a former congressional candidate, and Jeff Hays, the outgoing chair of…
? Letter: Voters should reject Propositions 107 and 108

Oct 19, 2016

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Colorado Politics

Editor: As Republican campaigners we are faced with ballots unsecured overnight by Democrat clerks; people casting votes in adjacent districts just before polls close; large numbers of provisional ballots cast by people who haven’t moved; van-loads of people arriving at a polling place with only one able to speak English and all giving the same address; harvesting ballots from apartment house lobbies; same…
Sand Creek Massacre Capitol grounds memorial plan moves forward

Aug 23, 2016

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John Tomasic

State officials on Friday advanced a plan to site a new memorial to the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre on the grounds of the Capitol in Denver after more than an hour of emotional testimony delivered mostly by members of regional Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. The proposal won unanimous support from the 12-member Capitol Building Advisory…