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Coloradans could legalize psychedelic mushrooms in November
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A measure to legalize psychedelic mushrooms and create a system of healing centers across Colorado has made it onto the November ballot. The Natural Medicine Health Act, otherwise known as Initiative 58, has qualified for the general election ballot, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. The office said in a news release that…
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Polman: On the US Supreme Court, Democrats simply lost
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When Senate Republicans decided last year to ditch their constitutional duty – by stiffing President Obama’s eminently qualified Supreme Court nominee, denying him even the courtesy of a hearing – they took a big political risk. They gambled that the voters wouldn’t punish them on election day. Turns out, they were right. Their unprecedented power…
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Webb: Looking back on Election 2016
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As we begin to digest the 2016 election results, let me begin with our successes. First, I want to congratulate Denver voters on our 80 percent turnout, which is outstanding. I also want to congratulate Emmy Ruiz for running a great campaign in Colorado for Hillary Clinton. She helped make Colorado blue and bring Hillary…
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Most Colorado voters cast ballots early
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More than 2.2 million of Colorado’s nearly 3.3 million registered voters had turned in their mail-in ballots by Election Day, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, with Republican voters slightly ahead of Democratic voters. The early Election Day tally showed Republican voters cast 771,745 ballots, Democratic voters cast 753,052 ballots and unaffiliated, or independent,…
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Patch Adams promotes ColoradoCare amendment
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Internationally prominent physician, activist – and clown – Dr. Patch Adams said he wants to see huge corporate health insurance companies go out of business, and believes the ColoradoCare statewide health care program before Colorado voters next month is a step in that direction. Adams spoke Wednesday, Oct. 12, at a Denver news conference to highlight…
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Backers of five measures beat petition deadline
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Backers of five proposed ballot measures beat the Friday deadline and submitted petition signatures for verification, bringing the total number of possible ballot measures voters could face in the November general election to 11. Boxes of petition signatures were turned in that would ask voters whether to allow local governments to ban oil-and-gas development, triple…
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Fenner: Proposition 143 is nothing more than a tax that will force products off the market
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Colorado citizens typically love “sin taxes.” For voters, support for these proposals often seems like a no brainer. After all, why not vote for an issue fronted by a group with an appealing name like “Health Colorado” – a misnomer, but alluring enough to elicit checking the “yes” box. But in Colorado – a state…
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Jensen: What do voters really want?
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Elections matter.But what do people really want? As the host of a radio show, I get to talk to people for a living. I talk with policy wonks, politicians and, most important, real people with real concerns and real needs. The Verizon worker leaning a 25-foot ladder up against a tree in 20 mph winds…
