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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Rasmussen Reports: "The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll in Colorado finds Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter (D) edging out GOP Representative Bob Beauprez by five points, 43% to 38%, in the race for Governor.
The two likely nominees have been neck-and-neck for a few months now. In April Beauprez led by a couple points, 39% to 37%. In March, Ritter had a point on Beauprez, 41% to 40%. Ritter's late-February lead over Beauprez, 40% to 33%, was substantial, but a blip; at the time, popular Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper had just squelched speculation that he might seek the Democratic nomination. Still, Colorado has been trending toward the Democrats. And Republicans have been bogged down recently by in-fighting, having to do partly with the nationwide Republican malaise; partly with the passage last November of a measure, Referendum C, that weakens the state's tax-capping TABOR law; and partly with voting procedures at last month's assembly." Thanks to Coloradolib for the link.
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
7:48:42 AM 
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Marc Holtzman is still in the news, although he's not yet on the primary ballot. Here's an article from the Denver Post about his efforts to get on the ballot. From the article, "Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mark Holtzman asked Denver District Court on Thursday to immediately place his name on the primary ballot - even though it's still unclear if he has enough valid signatures. The complaint filed by Holtzman's legal team late Thursday contends the secretary of state's office may certify the primary ballot today - as required by law - leaving Holtzman in 'immediate danger' of not being included. His attorneys argued that while Holtzman could suffer 'irreparable harm' by being left off the ballot, no one would suffer by his being included. 'No harm can result either to the Secretary or to the other candidate running for the Republican nomination for Governor, Bob Beauprez, should the court grant the requested relief,' the complaint states. If for any reason Holtzman is later ruled ineligible, 'the secretary can be ordered not to count votes cast for plaintiff.' The suit also asks the court to find that Holtzman has gathered the required 1,500 signatures from the 1st and 7th congressional districts. Last week, Secretary of State Gigi Dennis ruled Holtzman was short in both. Holtzman attorney John Head said he will file additional requests with the court today."
The Denver Post reviewed some of the Holtzman petition signatures rejected by the Secretary of State's office and found that some of them should not have been rejected. From the article, "The Post analysis found specific instances in which valid signatures were thrown out. In the two key districts, 20 names that the secretary of state said were not in the computer, had no valid address or were not affiliated with the Republican Party are exact matches to voter record rolls, a comparison of voter registration and signatures databases found. At least 22 additional names are so close that they probably should have been validated by secretary of state workers. Those people signed the petition using their middle names instead of first names or there was a typo in their address or another minor difference. However, even if every name that could be matched to a district by combining rejected signatures and voter records were validated, Holtzman would fall 161 signatures short in the 1st and 268 short in the 7th. Many of the 4,239 signatures rejected by the secretary of state when workers were unable to find them in the database could not immediately be matched to congressional districts. It is possible those signatures would close the gap."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:20:42 AM
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