Tag: 2020 Election
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Boulder pet food company celebrates Denver lifting pit bull ban
Denver voters passed Measure 2J this week, lifting an over-30-year-old ban on dog breeds including pit bulls, American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers. To celebrate, the Boulder-based pet food company “I and love and you” is donating 2,500 meals to My Fairy Dawg Mother, a Denver rescue that specializes in…
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Wolf opponents say reintroduction has passed by a close vote
With an unofficial final count of 50.3% to 49.7%, Proposition 114 has apparently passed in Colorado, approving the reintroduction of grey wolves in the state. The Associated Press has not yet called the races, but a major opposing group has conceded. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will now come up with a plan to reintroduce grey…
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Downtown Denver businesses prepare for Election Day turmoil
Dozens of businesses downtown have covered their doors and windows with plywood in preparation for potential protests or riots following Election Day on Tuesday. Entire city blocks of the 16th Street Mall were boarded up Monday morning. “Someone’s going to be upset with the result of the election,” said the manager of Where the Buffalo…
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Ball Arena to be used as voting center
Denver’s Ball Arena will be used as a Vote Service and Polling Center for November’s general election, the Denver Elections Division announced Monday. Ball Arena, previously named the Pepsi Center, will be the 36th VSPC in Denver. It will be open for voting from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3. The arena will be closed Nov.…
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Winners announced in Douglas County’s student election art contest
Douglas County announced the winners of its 2020 Election Student Art Contest on Friday, a competition held every presidential election to foster political participation. More than 100 students between the grades of kindergarten and 12th grade submitted original artwork for the contest. Three artists placed in each of the four divisional themes. “The student artists…
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Former Denver Mayor Webb slams ballot measures 2E, 2G; backers buckle down
Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and his wife, Wilma Webb, denounced the City Council-backed ballot measures 2E and 2G, which are designed to strengthen the power of Denver’s legislative branch. The Webbs said the measures “threaten our standing as a world-class city,” in a statement released Wednesday urging voters to vote no on the measures.…
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Arapahoe County adds RTD station ballot box, bringing total to 33
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Arapahoe County added a new 24-hour ballot drop box at the Iliff RTD station in Aurora, the county Clerk and Recorder’s Office announced Monday. The ballot box, paid for with federal CARES Act funding, brings the county’s total drop off locations up to 33 heading…
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Denver receives 8,000 poll worker applications for 1,100 openings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Approaching a historically consequential election, Denver citizens are stepping up in a big way. The Denver Elections Division reports it has received over 8,000 applications from volunteers wanting to work as election judges in the 2020 election. There are about 1,100 positions available. Despite the abundance…
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RNC 2020 | Ken Buck casts Colorado’s delegate votes for Trump to ‘keep America great again’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep. Ken Buck announced Monday that President Donald Trump had received all of the state’s delegate votes during a roll call held in Charlotte, N.C., on the first day of the Republican National Convention.…