Colorado Voting

Military Voters Deserve a Mail Ballot

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Military Families, Colorado, Military, Scott Gessler, Secretary of State Scott Gessler, Voting Rights, Voting, Colorado Voting, Inactive Voters, Denver News
Richard Allen Smith

This year, Colorado lawmakers can pass a bill that will protect the right to vote for active military overseas.

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It's No Secret: Should Your Ballot Be Public?

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Ballot Access Colorado Open Records, Ballot-Secrecy, Colorado Voting, Video, Colorado Ballot Secrecy, Colorado Ballot Access, Colorado Open Records Act, Denver News

Colorado's Secretary of State Scott Gessler (recently nicknamed the "honey badger" in homage to a sassy viral video), oft laments the negative media c...

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Our Secretary of State as a Punch Line

Ellen Dumm | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Colorado Politics, Scott Gessler, Colorado Voting, Scott Gessler Fine, Secretary of State Scott Gessler, Scott Gessler Moonlighting, Denver News
Ellen Dumm

Colorado is a key swing state in a presidential election that has a hyper-partisan secretary of state who has become a joke. The two make a difficult combination.

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Colorado Tops Country in Bad Treatment of Some Registered Voters

Jason Salzman | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Jonathan Brater, Scott Gessler, Inactive Voters, Colorado Voting, Colorado Mail in Ballots, Mail-in Ballots, Denver News
Jason Salzman

It seems crazy that in Colorado, you won't necessarily get a ballot in the mail, like other good and decent registered voters, if you missed voting in just one election.

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Gessler Threatens Criminal Investigations Into Suspect Voters If Bill Doesn't Pass

The Durango Herald | Joe Hanel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Legislature, Voter Fraud, Scott Gessler, Colorado Voting, Colorado Secretary of State, House Bill 1252, Denver News

DENVER -- Secretary of State Scott Gessler will push for criminal investigations of people with suspect voter registration unless the Legislature give...

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House Advances Bill Requiring Photo ID's To Vote

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Id Requirements, Voter ID, Colorado Legislature, Colorado Voting, Video, Denver News

A bill that would require Colorado voters to show a government-issued photo ID before voting passed on second reading in the House on Monday. House...

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Colorado Ponders Move To June Primary

Face the State | Peter Blake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: COlorado Elections, Move Act, Colorado, June Primaries, Colorado Voting, Denver News

Colorado might advance its primary election from mid-August to late June in 2012 because of a federal mandate even Republicans wouldn't dare resist....

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Weld County Will Post Deputies At High Volume Voting Sites To Keep Peace

The Denver Post | Monte Whaley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weld County, 2010, Weld County Deputies, Colorado Voting, Voting, Denver News

GREELEY -- Weld County will post deputies at four high-volume voting centers for the Nov. 2 election to help keep the peace, say county officials. ...

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Ballot Bedlam

Aaron Harber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Ballot, Colorado, 2010, Colorado Voting, Denver News
Aaron Harber

Did Starbucks design the Colorado ballot knowing some voters will need a shot of caffeine just to finish voting?

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Tipping the Scales -- Up to 10,000 Registrations Deemed Incomplete in Colorado

Martin Markovits | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Registration 2008, Colorado Voting, Voting Problems, Voting, Colorado, Politics News
Martin Markovits

The people most affected by the disqualified registration forms are mainly first-time voters who tend to be college students and minorities.

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