voting rights

Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on Weld County redistricting, Xcel electrocution

Jul 9, 2024

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Michael Karlik

The Colorado Supreme Court announced recently that it will hear appeals in multiple cases, including whether Weld County must follow state law when drawing new legislative districts and when utilities may be held liable for injuries caused by their power lines. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to take up a…
Justice Melissa Hart addresses scope of state, federal constitutional protections amid legal battles

Oct 14, 2023

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Michael Karlik

During a discussion about the ways in which Colorado’s constitution provides certain protections beyond its federal counterpart, Justice Melissa Hart invited attorneys to consider how to expand the range of issues brought before the state’s highest court. “We can only do what we get,” she said of the Supreme Court. “But lawyers need to think…
Colorado moves to expand tribal voting, disclose candidate income in elections

May 1, 2023

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Hannah Metzger

Colorado lawmakers approved a host of changes to the state’s election system with the passage of Senate Bill 276 on Saturday. The near-annual election “clean up” bill is drafted in coordination with the Secretary of State’s Office, county clerks and other stakeholders. This year, the bill seeks to make several changes, including expanding voting access on tribal…
Neguse helps lead House passage of Democrats’ voting rights bill

Aug 25, 2021

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse helped lead House Democrats Tuesday ahead of a party-line vote to pass legislation aimed at restoring provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The Lafayette Democrat, a member of the powerful House Rules Committee, managed the floor debate over a procedural rule that set up passage of the bill, dubbed the…
Missouri’s Jason Kander to headline fundraiser for Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold

Mar 1, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote and a 2016 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, will be the featured guest at a March fundraiser for Colorado secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold, her campaign announced Wednesday. Kander and Griswold, who is challenging Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams’…
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette endorses Democrat Jena Griswold for secretary of state

Feb 5, 2018

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and her husband, attorney Lino Lipinsky, on Monday endorsed Democrat Jena Griswold in her campaign for Colorado secretary of state. “Jena Griswold has the experience and tenacity to safeguard our democracy while making a mark as Colorado’s next secretary of state. Jena will be the first Democratic woman in Colorado’s history…
Out West Roundup: Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve designation

Jan 12, 2018

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Associated Press

Idaho Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve BOISE – A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association designated the 1,400-square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. The sparsely populated area’s night skies are so pristine that interstellar dust…
Senate Democrats post their reading of Coretta Scott King letter opposing Sessions

Feb 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Members of the Colorado Senate’s Democratic caucus on Wednesday released a video of them reading the decades-old letter that led to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s rebuke on the floor of the U.S. Senate the night before. The letter, written in 1986 by Coretta Scott King, laid out her opposition to the confirmation of Jeff Sessions…
Nevada tribes: Unequal polling access violates voting rights

Sep 8, 2016

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Scott Sonner

Tribal leaders in Nevada asked a U.S. judge Wednesday to order the state and two counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied an equal opportunity to vote in the November elections. Two Paiute tribes filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Reno accusing Nevada Secretary…
Nicolais: Courts cementing election rules for November and the future

Aug 3, 2016

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Mario Nicolais

With conventions concluded and presidential candidates trading barbs, recent voting rights cases barely show up on the election radar. The impact, both for the coming election and for decades to come, could be monumental. Two decisions in two key swing states could tip the balance of the campaign and lead to sweeping changes across the…