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Big money pours in for ballot measures on housing, liquor and magic mushrooms
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Get ready for lots of campaign ads on housing, liquor and “magic mushrooms” in the next 90 days because that’s where the big money will likely be spent in the November election. As of Monday, two ballot measures have qualified for the general election and another four are under signature review by the Secretary of…
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It’ll be harder to get measures on the ballot starting in 2019. Here’s why.
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Those who are looking to put citizen initiatives on future Colorado statewide ballots will have to come up with 25 percent more signatures than was required for measures that made it on the 2018 election. The reason? A state law that sets the number of ballot signatures based on 5 percent of the total votes…
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GOP gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell, Doug Robinson petitioning onto ballot
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Three of the Republicans running for governor – Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell and Doug Robinson – are planning to petition their way onto Colorado’s primary ballot, their campaigns tell Colorado Politics, potentially leaving GOP voters with as many as a half dozen candidates to choose from in June. Candidates can begin gathering petition signatures Tuesday…
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Democrat Jared Polis says he’ll go through caucuses and circulate petitions to get on primary ballot for governor
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis said Thursday he plans to take two approaches to getting on Colorado’s June primary ballot – by going through the caucus and assembly process and by gathering petition signatures. He’s one of five leading Democrats running for the office held by term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper. Two of the others –…
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Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser plans to petition, keep caucus option open
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Phil Weiser, one of five Democrats running for attorney general, told supporters Wednesday to plan on helping him petition onto the primary ballot starting next month, but he also encouraged them to attend precinct caucuses and higher assemblies, potentially another route to the primary. A spokesman for Weiser told Colorado Politics the candidate intends to…
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne plans to petition her way onto primary ballot
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Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, a candidate for governor of Colorado, said Tuesday she plans to petition onto the Democratic primary ballot rather than pursue the nomination through the caucus and assembly process in order to engage with voters across the state. “I have been privileged to work with and help people in every county as…
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Denver Elections Division wins prestigious international award
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Joining the ranks of Jimmy Carter, Madeleine Albright and Nelson Mandela, the Denver Elections Division has been honored by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies for developing an application that allows voters to register and on electronic tablets instead of paper. Denver’s award was for its eSign app and its Voter Registration Drive module and…
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Highlight reel: Colorado’s wild and woolly 2016 election season
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Symbolic of the divisiveness of our politics, many Coloradans will look back at the 2016 election with violent contempt, reflecting on a political year that saw the rise of President-elect Donald Trump, while others will reminisce with sublime glee over a cycle where voters bucked the political establishment. In a year full of tectonic shifts…
