petitions
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Election officials learned Keyser petition had dead voter’s signature in April
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A state agency that reviews documents told an election official in April that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser’s nominating petitions contained the signature of a woman who had died in January, Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Tuesday. Shortly after that, the same election official learned that data experts were suspicious that multiple signatures…
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Prosecutor plans to review Keyser petitions, circulator ‘passed background check’ for another candidate
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Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s office on Friday began a preliminary review into allegations nominating petitions that helped Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser make the June primary ballot contained forged signatures, according to the state’s top election official and the director of a liberal organization that had asked local prosecutors to look into the…
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Colorado Supreme Court agrees to hear Frazier appeal on U.S. Senate primary
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ryan Frazier will get another day in court. The Colorado Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear an appeal by the former Aurora city councilman as he seeks to join four other candidates in the June primary. Frazier lost an earlier round last week in Denver District Court, where a judge ruled…
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Frazier: Fighting the bureaucracy
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It’s time to fix a broken system that restricts the voices of Colorado voters. As I’m learning first-hand, registered voters are being unnecessarily invalidated by outdated state rules that exclude — not include — more of us from the election process. We can and must do better. If there’s one thing we’ve seen, it’s that…
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Judge orders Frazier on U.S. Senate primary ballot pending appeal
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ryan Frazier’s name will appear on primary ballots, but votes for the former Aurora city councilman might not be counted, according to a court order issued Thursday afternoon. In the latest wrinkle in a process fraught with reversals, a Denver District Court judge said Frazier will join four other Republicans on…
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Blaha makes U.S. Senate primary ballot, Frazier vows appeal
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First they failed to make the ballot. Then one of them was on. Then maybe off again. Then back on. It was all part of one of the wildest political weeks in recent memory, with more twists and turns than a winding mountain road. While the dust was far from settled, by Thursday morning…
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Blaha, Frazier file lawsuits to get on U.S. Senate primary ballot
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Two Republicans running for the U.S. Senate filed lawsuits late Monday asking a district court judge to order Colorado’s top election official to place them on the June primary ballot, arguing that they submitted enough signatures despite an earlier ruling that they came up short. Colorado Springs businessman Robert Blaha and former Aurora City Councilman…
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Judge orders Keyser onto GOP primary ballot in U.S. Senate race
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There will be at least three Republicans running in Colorado’s primary for the U.S. Senate seat after a judge Friday ordered the state’s top election official to include former state Rep. Jon Keyser, whose petition to make the ballot had earlier this week been deemed insufficient. Denver District Court Judge Elizabeth Starrs ruled that otherwise…
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Blaha, Frazier fail to make primary ballot for U.S. Senate race
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Two more Republican U.S. Senate candidates failed to qualify for the primary ballot, Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced Thursday. Colorado Springs businessman Robert Blaha and former Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier both came up short, turning in fewer signatures than required in several congressional districts, leaving just two candidates who will definitely appear on…
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Keyser sues for ballot access in district court
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Former state Rep. Jon Keyser took Secretary of State Wayne Williams to court Tuesday afternoon, asking a judge to overturn a ruling announced the day before that Keyser lacked a sufficient number of signatures to make the Republican primary ballot in the U.S. Senate race. Based on a review of Keyser’s initial court filings, the…
