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State Leaving Election Results to Media For Now

By | 11.10.06 | 8:00 pm

The state is declining to provide unofficial election results this year, unlike in years past. The “State of Colorado Unofficial Election Results Resources” on the Colorado.gov Web site refers people to the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News election Web…

DEC Shrugs Over Voting Problems: ‘It Happens’

By | 11.09.06 | 12:53 pm

The software problems that caused long lines in Denver on election day were pretty much to be expected, according to Denver Elections Commission technology chief Anthony Rainey. According to a Rocky Mountain News report today, Rainey brushed off criticism:…

Perlmutter Looks Ahead

By | 11.08.06 | 8:48 pm

Ed Perlmutter was all smiles the morning after clobbering Rick O’Donnell by 12 points at the polls. He discussed his successful campaign and his plans for his future in Congress during a taping of the Aaron Harber Show this morning…

A Sad Day for Democracy

By | 11.08.06 | 5:25 pm

To the thousands of people who waited for hours to vote in Denver yesterday: I commend you. To the hundreds (thousands?) of people who gave up and walked away: I don’t blame you.

I visited several vote centers yesterday…

CO-7 and Jefferson County

By | 11.07.06 | 6:24 pm

10:48
They have some strange music playing in here. R.E.M.? That “Man on the Moon” song. Strange. Overall, the crowd here is thrilled, but not necessarily surprised. Everyone takes a big group picture and the crowd begins to disperse. There…

Injunction to Extend Poll Hours Denied

By | 11.07.06 | 12:49 pm

UPDATED 5:01 PM MST: John Hickenlooper on Channel 7 “This is an outrage.” Encouraged people to go to FairVote Colorado to find polling locations for the shortest wait times.

UPDATED 4:23 PM MST: A source close to…

UPDATED! Rogue Squirrels Thwart Election; Osama McNutkin Video Pending

By | 11.07.06 | 11:06 am

UPDATED 11:28 AM MST:Rogue Squirrel Threat Passes.

CNN updated its report that the rogue squirrel attack occured in Oklahoma NOT Colorado. The masticating mammal caused a power outage which knocked out polling locations.

The cause of the voting…

Denver Sets Early Voting Turnout Record

By | 11.06.06 | 12:44 pm

The number of early votes cast in 2006 in Denver was 19,424.  This is the largest number of early votes ever cast in Denver outside a Presidential election.  Early voting is now over.  Only absentee and election day…

About 30,000 Reasons Why Election Results May Be Delayed

By | 11.06.06 | 12:13 am

Digging a little deeper into why the US Justice Department will be watching over the Denver elections on November 7th, may stem from a mistake printed on about 44,000 absentee ballots.

GOP Fearmongering in CD-7

By | 11.03.06 | 6:23 pm

Attention citizens of CD-7: Round up your children and lock your doors. Ed Perlmutter is practically inviting pedophiles into your neighborhood!

Or so says a new mailer sent to residents by the Colorado Republican Committee: