Thursday, June 22, 2006

Senate 32 and House District 1 debate The Denver Young Democrats hosted the Democratic candidates for state Senate District 32 and state House District 1 tonight. Cindy Lowery promises that I'll have the questions in email soon. I'll post my notes then. Both races are going to be fun. I'd like to see them invite the Republican candidate for House District 1, Amy Rathburn, and the Republicans to a few more forums. Of course I love to watch a politician work a crowd. Maybe we'll have a fight. HD 1: Alfredo Hernandez; Jeanne Labuda. SD 32: Fran Coleman; Jennifer Mello; Chris Romer. Category: Denver November 2006 Election 10:42:24 PM

Revamp Denver Election Commission? From today's Denver Post: "Denver voters may be asked to consider revamping the Denver Election Commission in November, depending on the findings of a panel announced Wednesday. City Councilwoman Marcia Johnson, council President Rosemary Rodriguez and Mayor John Hickenlooper's office plan to convene the eight-member panel for four meetings next month. The panel will review 'problems with the way the commission functions' in light of 'recent events,' according to a news release. Early this month, the Denver Election Commission announced it had misplaced thousands of records containing voters' personal information. The panel's recommendations will be presented to the mayor and City Council in early August." Category: Denver November 2006 Election 6:03:52 AM

Holtzman on ballot - for now Colorado's activist judges granted a temporary reprieve to Marc Holtzman yesterday, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "Republican Marc Holtzman's campaign for governor lives for at least one more day. Less than an hour before the secretary of state's office was going to yank his name off the Aug. 8 primary ballot, Holtzman on Wednesday afternoon was granted a temporary reprieve from the Colorado Supreme Court. Holtzman has another 24 hours to remain on the ballot while the court considers his appeal... "While it's impossible to know what the seven- member court will do today, the fact that it has ordered a 24-hour stay signals that the justices have decided to wade into the case - even if just a little bit... "Holtzman appealed Hyatt's decision last week that state law requires 1,500 signatures from each of the state's seven congressional districts. Secretary of State Gigi Dennis found three weeks ago that Holtzman was short signatures in the 1st and 7th congressional districts. A flurry of motions immediately followed Holtzman's appeal. Bob Beauprez, the only official GOP gubernatorial candidate, and a trio of registered Republican voters argued to the Supreme Court that Holtzman has failed to prove he has enough signatures to make the ballot. The 48 hours ran out Wednesday afternoon, and the secretary of state's office was ready to notify the state's 64 counties to reprogram their electronic-voting machines and remove Holtzman's name from their ballots, according to Deputy Secretary of State Bill Hobbs. If he is removed from the ballot, the counties where ballots have already been printed will be instructed not to count his votes." Category: Denver November 2006 Election 5:53:27 AM

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