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Colorado’s new voting-machine mandates irk cash-strapped counties

Secretary of State Wayne Williams is enforcing a 2009 law that will require all 64 counties to replace some of their voting machines with equipment...

Some counties charge thousands of dollars for public inspection of voted-ballot...

  This story first appeared on the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition website.   The public can inspect voted ballots in Colorado. So says a state Court of...

Homebrew: Cory Gardner for vice president?

Vice president Guess which Colorado politician Rollcall's Stuart Rothenberg writes might have a shot for vice president? For once, it's not Hickenlooper. "Don't laugh," Rothernberg says: It's Cory Gardner. JeffCo...

The case for early voting in Colorado in two sentences

Voters in El Paso County got this note in the mail along with their ballots for the upcoming Nov. 3 election. Shorter message: Vote early...

Buescher: GOP criticism on MOVE Act military voting ignores reality

Secretary of State Bernie Buescher Monday night told the Colorado Independent he was way ahead of his Republican critics on what needed to happen in Colorado to comply with a new federal law dictating the speed of mailing overseas ballots to members of the military, but lawmakers dragged their feet because of election-year politics.

Denver school risks right-wing ire in seeking Obama commencement visit

Some Coloradans were sent into a fury over fears of socialist indoctrination when Pres. Obama recorded a video to be shown at public schools...

Carroll responds to attacks on voting reform proposal

Colorado House Speaker Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, appeared uncharacteristically off-balance and back on his heels this morning, reeling from the firestorm of conservative criticism that...

State Auditor Blasts Coffman’s Office

Employee conflicts of interest are only one of eight serious failures outlined in audit report.The Colorado State Auditor issued a blistering report on the...

Countdown to Caucuses: Ritter, Salazar Say, “Get Involved”

For those of you who want to make an early impact in local to presidential elections, be sure to register by Dec. 5 with...

All-Mail Ballot May Have Boosted Turnout

Even though turnout in Denver's city elections was dismal - and in some districts really dismal - turnout may have been helped by the...