secretary of state wayne williams
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Colo. ethics commission to investigate complaint against Secretary of State Williams
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, on a 3-1 vote, will take up a complaint filed by a Denver attorney against Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who lost his bid for re-election on Nov. 6. The complaint, filed on Oct. 22, alleges that Wililams used a discretionary fund in his office to purchase clothing, at a cost…
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Campaign finance complaints target gun-rights group, unaffiliated backers
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A campaign finance committee operated by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners has been hit with a complaint over failure to fully disclose information about its contributors. The complaint, filed Tuesday with Secretary of State Wayne Williams by Denver Democrat Jean Grattet, alleges the Loveland-based gun-rights advocacy group’s committee listed 13 contributions of $100 or more but…
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Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen: Colo. a national leader in safeguarding elections
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen praised Colorado as a national leader in safeguarding elections in a brief appearance Thursday at an elections “war games” training event in Arapahoe County. “Any attempt to interfere in our elections is a direct attack on our democracy and is unacceptable,” Nielsen told participants at the Hilton Denver Inverness…
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Campaign finance violation cited against CU regent candidate
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Updated with comments from candidate Lesley Smith. Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ office – now in charge of reviewing campaign finance complaints under a judge’s order – announced Thursday that the campaign of Lesley Smith, a Democratic candidate for an at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents, violated state campaign finance…
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Federal judge dismisses Hamilton electors’ lawsuit against Secretary of State Wayne Williams
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A lawsuit filed by a trio of so-called Hamilton electors against Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams has been dismissed, according to a news release sent by Williams’ office. But the attorney for the trio says they will appeal the decision, all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. The three electors sued Williams…
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BIDLACK | A constitution keeps the tyranny of the majority in check
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We may be in the throes of a constitutional crisis. Not in Washington (well, maybe a little, stay tuned) but here in Colorado. This week, a federal judge blocked parts of the measure, approved by voters in 2016, that made it harder to amend our lovely state’s constitution. Specifically, the Judge ruled that provision that…
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Some of Colorado’s rural county clerks have clocked a whole lot of years
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Out in Colorado’s vast rural reaches, finding a replacement for an experienced and knowledgeable county clerk ain’t easy. Unlike in the state’s metro areas, where there always seems to be a steady supply of upward-bound office seekers, there just aren’t that many people to begin with in farm and ranch communities in sparsely populated counties…
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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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THE PODIUM: One vote can make all the difference in any election
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Every vote matters. I learned that when I was still a teenager. The mayoral candidate I volunteered for, my friend Bob, lost by 12 votes. A dozen. That hurt. As the El Paso County clerk and recorder I oversaw two school board races that were decided by a single vote. This was after all the…
