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Gessler Taps Auditor To Examine Spending At Heart Of Ethics Complaint

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.22.2013 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler appears to have had himself audited. In a witness list h...

Governor Gessler?

Posted 05.17.2013 | Denver

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is the latest Republican rumored to be interested in challenging Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper in 20...

Columnist Can't Cite Evidence That Election-Day Registration Favors Dems

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.06.2013 | Denver
Jason Salzman

John Andrews believes election-day registration favors Democrats, and my point that there no evidence to support his position didn't seem to bother him at all.

Election Reform Bill: It's Scott Gessler vs. 75 Percent Of County Clerks

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.01.2013 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. DENVER — Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler arrived late to testify at the Se...

Colorado Bill Would Allow Dead People To Vote, Group Warns

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

A conservative Colorado political organization sent photoshopped mailers warning that "felons, illegal aliens" and the dead could vote under a voting ...

Why Not Do Better in Colorado Elections?

Jason Salzman | Posted 04.15.2013 | Denver
Jason Salzman

What are we if don't do everything possible, within safety constraints, to make our elections wide open to every citizen who wants to vote?

Reassessing Colorado's Turnout

Michael P. McDonald | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics
Michael P. McDonald

As Colorado policymakers consider reforms, I urge them to listen to their local election administrators since they know best how to efficiently run elections to serve their voters.

Why Colorado Lags In The Race To Clean Up Elections

Denver iJournal | David O. Williams | Posted 03.28.2013 | Denver

From Denver iJournal's David O. Williams. Colorado’s Democrat-dominated state legislature is hammering out new laws on everything from guns to ci...

Ethics Commission Poised To OK Gessler Defense Fund

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 01.30.2013 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. Draft documents drawn up by Colorado Independent Ethics Commission suggest members will allow Secreta...

Spent About $8,000 On Letters To Suspected Noncitizens

AP | Posted 03.16.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- Colorado Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler is defending his search for noncitizens registered to vote and says the voting system r...

Supportive Of Gessler's Personal Criminal Defense Fund?

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 03.15.2013 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers' office this week made what's sure to be a controversial deci...

Gessler To Be Investigated By Ethics Commission

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 01.08.2013 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission yesterday unanimously voted to investigate Secretary of St...

Post-Election Analysis: Change the Game in Colorado

Peg Perl | Posted 02.09.2013 | Denver
Peg Perl

As a much-hyped swing state, Colorado is on the brink of a constant cycle of struggles over control of elections subject to national scrutiny.

DU Citizen Panel Wades Into Campaign-Finance Swamplands

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.30.2012 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. DENVER– The University of Denver’s ā€œstrategic issues panel of accomplished citizensā€ tasked w...

Gessler Under Investigation By State Ethics Commission

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.06.2012 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. Hours before Election Day, the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission has announced it is launching a...

Gessler Says 300 More Noncitizens Found On Colo. Voter Rolls

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 10.24.2012 | Denver

DENVER -- There are 300 more suspected noncitizens on Colorado's voter rolls, Secretary of State Gessler announced Tuesday in the latest chapter of a ...

Coors Was Against Abortion, Even for Rape and Incest, Before He Was for It

Jason Salzman | Posted 12.23.2012 | Denver
Jason Salzman

How did Joe Coors come around to endorsing (and donating to) the personhood amendment? And even if he's not supporting the personhood amendment this time, why has his abortion position, changed?

Gessler Dismisses $1,400 Payment to Himself as "Penny Ante"

Jason Salzman | Posted 12.22.2012 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Secretary of State Gessler told KNUS that the issues involved with him using his office's discretionary funds to give himself what amounted to a $1,400 bonus are "petty stuff" and the Denver Post is on a "jihad" against him.

Gessler Under Fire For Taxpayer Expensed Travel Tab

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 10.16.2012 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. Luis Toro, director of left-leaning government watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch, said on Monday t...

Denver Post Is Central Casting's "Liberal Mainstream Media?"

Jason Salzman | Posted 12.10.2012 | Denver
Jason Salzman

You may have heard that Secretary of State Scott Gessler said last week that the "left" doesn't care about voter fraud. But he also said that he likes to "tease" that the Denver Post is the embodiment of the "liberal mainstream media."

WATCH: Gessler Gets Grilled By Texas

Posted 09.13.2012 | Denver

After Republican Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler began backpedaling from his controversial plan to hold hearings challenging the voter statu...

Gessler Backs Down

Posted 09.10.2012 | Denver

After Colorado's Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler sent out letters questioning the citizenship of nearly 4,000 people, the majority of whom...

The Secretary of State vs. the Voter

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 11.02.2012 | Politics
Christopher Brauchli

Commenting on the low salary he receives Mr. Gessler told a reporter that Colorado is losing a lot of potential talent by paying such low salaries. He's right. His election is proof of that. If the office paid more, Colorado would probably have a much brighter secretary of state.

How many Secretaries of State does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb

Alvina Vasquez | Posted 08.31.2012 | Latino Voices
Alvina Vasquez

In a nutshell if you were not as passionate about politics in 2010 as you were in 2008 and you skipped your opportunity to vote, your voter status might have changed. It is your time to fight back, check your voter status and register to vote again...

Gessler's Voter Investigation Turns Up Zero Non-Citizens

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 08.31.2012 | Denver

DENVER -- Sixteen of nearly 4,000 Colorado registered voters who received letters questioning their citizenship have voluntarily withdrawn from voting...