A squirrelly outlook on the election

By
Marianne Goodland
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SQUIRREL!
According to his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jessie.ulibarri), state Sen. Jessie Ulibarri (D-Thornton) has joined the Election Protection Flying Squad. He began his day at the Auraria campus, where he says students were being given incorrect information about voting.He also traveled to Thornton to check out long lines at some polling stations and greeted friends and supporters. But everyone in the photos looks suspiciously like squirrels….
Marianne Goodland
has been a political journalist since 1998. She covered the state capitol for the Silver & Gold Record from 1998 to 2009 and for The Colorado Statesman in 2010-11 and 2013-14. Since 2010 she also has covered the General Assembly for newspapers in northeastern Colorado. She was recognized with awards from the Colorado Press Association for feature writing and informational graphics for her work with the Statesman in 2012.