Tag: Matt Crane
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Cost of a Trump ban on mail-in ballots on Denver ‘impossible to speculate’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced he will move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, citing Colorado’s mail-in voting practice as a contributing factor to the decision, which he stated lends itself to “automatically crooked elections.” But city officials said it is impossible…
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Suspicious ‘powdery’ substance found on Adams County ballot
Adams County’s election workers found what they described as suspicious powdery substance spilling out of a ballot envelope on Wednesday. Some of the substance was cooking material, but it also included an unknown chemical, which the state lab is testing, officials confirmed. Adams County Clerk and Recorder Josh Zygielbaum said officials will know the results by Monday,…
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Recount complete: Tina Peters, Pam Anderson each add 13 votes in recount for Secretary of State race
The completed statewide recount of the June 28 GOP primary for Secretary of State shows no major changes in the ballot totals, with Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters still losing the race by almost 89,000 votes. Jeffco Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson, who won the GOP primary and Peters both added 13 votes, while…
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Dick Durbin says a Colorado clerk now wears bulletproof vest amidst threats and harassment
Threats against election workers in Colorado prompted at least one county clerk to begin wearing a bulletproof vest, according to comments made during a Wednesday hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, said that election workers are spending their own money to install elaborate home security systems, and others,…
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Colorado elections officials work to combat threats to county clerks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save County clerks across Colorado have endured 16 months of threats and harassment since the contentious November 2020 General Election, including threatening emails vowing personal harm and suspicious packages mailed to their homes. As a result, a group of state election leaders is now working on…
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Omnibus bill could make it harder for opponents to oust elected officials in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The third attempted recall of Gov. Jared Polis in as many years is expected to begin later this spring, and it could be the last of its kind — an omnibus election bill pending in the General Assembly promises to reshape how Coloradans remove an…