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Debate on Proposition 131, Colorado’s ranked-choice voting measure, to be held at Denver University
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The pros and cons of Proposition 131, which asks voters to completely upend Colorado’s election system through a ranked-choice voting system, will be debated in a special event at the University of Denver on Oct. 24. CLICK HERE TO JOIN LIVE Hosted by DU, Colorado Politics, and the Denver Gazette, the debate will feature Kent…
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Proposition 131: Colorado voters will decide fate of ranked-choice voting | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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A sample ballot in Maine showing how ranked-choice voting works Thelma Grimes In November, Colorado voters will decide whether to upend the election process by abolishing party-line primaries and sending the top four candidates, regardless of party, to the general election. Through Proposition 131, voters will decide on ranked-choice voting, also called an instant runoff,…
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Complaint accuses backers of independent Colo. candidates of finance violations
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A Denver election law attorney who regularly goes to bat for Democrats filed a complaint Monday alleging campaign finance violations by a group of nonprofits that are backing five unaffiliated legislative candidates in Colorado. Mark Grueskin, representing four registered Democrats from Denver and Arapahoe County, says in a 15-page complaint filed with the Secretary of…
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In Denver, independents meet to unite the politically homeless
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By Salena Zito | Washington Examiner When Nick Troiano quit his job at a nonprofit group in D.C. to run for Congress in 2014, people thought he had lost his mind – not because he was then 24 years old, but because he was running as an independent against a Republican incumbent who had a…
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Centrist Project launches initial Colorado slate of unaffiliated legislative candidates, announces name change
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The nonprofit formerly known as the Centrist Project, a group working to elect nonpartisan officials nationwide, on Monday unveiled a slate of four unaffiliated Colorado candidates running this year for the Legislature in the opening salvo of its assault on the two major parties’ unbroken rule of the state’s government. It also announced it’s changing…
