Colorado has one of the best election systems in the country, but Democratic lawmakers want to make
“Young people are the primary beneficiaries of automatic voter registration,” said Lizzy Stephan, executive director of New Era Colorado, a nonprofit that advocates for young voters. “This just streamlines everything and conforms to what voters already expect.” "Colorado Republicans, meanwhile, have raised concern that the proposal may lead to registering non-citizens to vote and removes personal responsibility from voters." "Also making its way through the legislative proces
2019 CAPITOL PREVIEW | Committee picks set themes for the session
"With 14 minorities in the 41-member Democratic House caucus, Speaker-designee KC Becker of Boulder has ensured that committee leadership will reflect that diversity, selecting minority members as chairs or vice-chairs of nine of the 11 "committees of reference" -- committees that meet during the session to consider legislation and provide agency oversight." "Business Affairs will be chaired by Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp of Arvada, who has been at that committee’s helm for the pa
Colorado’s primary election is today, and Democrats and Republicans are about to learn a bit about t
These races are obviously interesting to both the Democratic Party and to third parties, as evidenced by the relatively high donations and external spending. That spending has really heated up the races, with some fairly strong words back and forth. But we can’t say yet how it will affect the race, because there simply isn’t much public polling. Plus, the small size of these races makes them unpredictable. The financial numbers don’t show whether a candidate has, for example,
Primary Elections – Jared Polis Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate
Jared Polis wants you to know he doesn’t answer to anyone but the people of Colorado. No “special interests” or corporations. No big individual donors. He says he’s unshackled and that’s why his campaign for governor has prioritized small meet-and-greet events with voters across the state instead of big-donor fundraisers. He could be spending time at Denver steakhouses courting support from millionaires, he says, but he insists that’s not the kind of person or politician he i
