secretary of state wayne williams

Voter suppression — fact or fiction? Our secretary of state has the answer

Sep 5, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

…But you’ll have to show up at a Denver League of Women Voters “Drinks and Dialogue” get-together Sept. 18 at Bogeys on the Park, in Denver’s City Park West ‘hood, to learn what Williams has to say about it all. (A good guess: He will assure those who attend that there’s no voter suppression in…
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office is always looking for a teachable moment…

Sep 1, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

…And its staff is coming to a gathering near you, sometime soon, to teach you more about voting and election issues. Speaking of which, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams sure gets around, doesn’t he? As chronicled on SOS communications czarina Lynn Bartels’s blog, Williams always seems to be bringing good news about the state’s…
Colorado’s wayward electors are back in the news, filing another suit

Aug 16, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

…But our working assumption is they won’t get even 15 minutes of notoriety this time around. You do remember Democrats Polly Baca and Robert Nemanich; they were Colorado’s dissident delegates to the Electoral College who hatched a plot with a handful of like-minded electors in other states to derail Donald Trump’s ascent to the presidency.…
A surge in unaffiliated voters helps set a new record for Colorado

Aug 15, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

For all you hand-wringers fretting over the purportedly fragile state of our democracy – worrying that voters are turning away from politics out of frustration, disgust, apathy or, most recently, out of fear their personal voter data will be shared with the feds – Colorado has a tonic for you: Voter registration just hit…
Hackers beware: Colorado’s clerks will be watching — and auditing — election results

Jul 19, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Denverite’s Adrian Garcia reports this week that Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams is touting post-election audits as a new, enhanced safeguard against election manipulation in Colorado: The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has been traveling to different counties this year to train clerks how to conduct the audit, office spokeswoman Lynn Bartels said Monday.…
County clerks aren’t just guardians of democracy; they’re its ‘rock stars’

Jun 20, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Don’t believe us? Just ask Lynn Bartels, communications chief for Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams. Lynn’s must-read blog – reflecting her wisdom from decades as news hound covering government and politics for the mainstream media – frequently showcases the mechanics of the election process. A blog post this week bearing the headline, “Colorado’s county…
Proposed contribution limits for Colorado county candidates hardly a shoo-in

Apr 11, 2017

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Dan Njegomir

For all the tight controls on campaign contributions to candidates for state office — no individual donor can give more than $1,150 to someone running for governor, and it’s lower for legislative contenders — the state imposes no restraints at all on a candidate for the Baca County Commission. Or for Larimer County treasurer. Or clerk and…
Colorado Senate panel votes to reform much-abused campaign law

Apr 10, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

An oft-criticized feature of Colorado’s campaign-finance law that has been manipulated for years to sling mud and take cheap shots at candidates and political groups is on the verge of reform. The Colorado Senate’s State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee voted unanimously today to send House Bill 1155 to the full Senate for consideration after no one showed up to testify…
After briefly stepping into GOP chair’s race, Baisley steps back out

Mar 13, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Having just launched his late-in-the-game bid to lead the state Republican Party, longtime Douglas County party activist Mark Baisley already has withdrawn. Baisley briefly announced his exit in the same forum he had used to announce his entry into the race two days earlier, Facebook: Folks, I am withdrawing from the Chairman’s race. Or to put it more accurately,…
Colorado AG Coffman weighs in for Hays as GOP chair; Athanasopoulos calls her one of the ‘elites’

Mar 10, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Jeff Hays’s campaign for Colorado GOP chair circulated yet another letter from a Republican notable Thursday – state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman – in support of his bid. Hays’s rival for the state party’s top post, George Athanasopoulos, meanwhile dismissed Coffman’s gesture as coming from “the political class.” Coffman’s letter, distributed to GOP state Central Committee members and other…