voting
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RTD to provide free public transportation on Election Day
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To encourage voter participation, Colorado’s Regional Transportation District will provide free public transportation on Election Day and National Early Vote Day. RTD announced Tuesday that its services will be available to all users at no cost on Oct. 28 and Nov. 8, as part of a partnership with the Secretary of State’s Office. RTD offers…
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Lawsuit seeks to move Colorado Springs elections from April to November; alleges city violated Voting Rights Act
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Several local organizations filed a lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs this week, alleging it has violated the federal Voting Rights Act. The Citizens Project, Colorado Latinos Vote, the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region and the Black Latino Leadership Coalition filed the civil lawsuit asking the city to move its municipal…
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Republican El Paso County candidates say GOP hampered campaigns ahead of assembly
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El Paso County Republican candidates are concerned the GOP leadership hampered individual campaign efforts ahead of Saturday assemblies, gatherings candidates rely on to make the June primary ballot. The party assemblies where candidates for offices such as county commissioner, sheriff and state representative compete for votes from elected delegates to make the ballot are expected…
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Griswold investigates Douglas County’s top election official over alleged breach in security protocols
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The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Thursday it is investigating what it described as a potential breach of security protocols involving voting system equipment in Douglas County. In particular, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold wants to know if Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz took images of hard drives outside of any officially-sanctioned…
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No threat to the Douglas County’s election system, Griswold probe concludes
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Douglas County’s top election official did not have access to voting equipment and individuals with authorized access did not create any hard drive images, the county said in response to an investigation the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office launched over what the latter described as a potential breach of election security protocols. In a statement,…
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Judge declines to dismiss lawsuit against Fox News by Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems
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A state court judge in Delaware has rejected Fox News’ request to dismiss the defamation claims against it by Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems. The New York Times reported that Dominion’s lawsuit against the media network stemmed from false assertions of election-rigging promoted on Fox in the wake of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential…
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Idaho Springs’ razor-thin ballot measure margins prove every vote counts
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Do you have one of those friends who tells you they don’t vote because they don’t think their single voice matters? Well this week we got two examples of why that’s just not true. In Idaho Springs, a quirky mountain town about 30 minutes west of Denver, residents were so sharply divided over their recent…
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ANALYSIS | The real political power in America? The Nonvoters Party
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Quick, name the biggest, most powerful political party in the United States. It’s not Republicans or Democrats. Or Independents or Unaffiliateds. It’s the Nonvoters Party. In the last presidential election, 19.8 percent of voting-age adults voted for Hillary Clinton, 19.5 percent voted for Donald Trump and 29.9 percent didn’t vote, according to the U.S. Election…
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On Voter Registration Day, 15,972 Coloradans heeded the call
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Who said public awareness campaigns aren’t effective? Nearly 16,000 Coloradans registered to vote or updated their voter registrations Tuesday, which was National Voter Registration Day, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ office said in a statement. On Tuesday, 2,749 Coloradans registered to vote that day, and 13,223 updated their registration, the announcement said. Meanwhile, 61…
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Supreme Court narrowly upholds state’s purging of voter rolls
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio’s process for purging voters from its rolls, siding with the state in a case that questioned its policy for maintaining its voter registration lists. The court split 5-4 along ideological lines in its decision, and Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court’s…
