Denver November 20004 Election
Bob Ewegen speaks out against Amendment 36 in his column in today's Denver Post [August 21, 2004, "Bad ideas, coming and going"]. From the column, "Amendment 36 specifies that, if passed, it will apply retroactively to this election. Such an ex post facto change in our electoral law is probably unconstitutional, so if Colorado voters do approve the measure, it is certain to be challenged in court by whatever party actually carried our electoral vote. Thus, if the 2004 election is close, we might have another long count in the presidential arena, with Colorado courtrooms replacing Florida venues in yet another bitter legal battle that would ultimately have to be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court."
For all you numbers junkies here's an article on voter turnout for the August 10 primary from the Denver Post [August 19, 2004, "Senate races drew decade-high vote"]. From the article, "In 43 of Colorado's 64 counties, the number of Republicans voting in the primary was at its highest level since 1996. Democrats rushed the polls for the primary, too. In 38 counties, Democrats voted in the highest numbers since 1996. And turnout was at its highest level since 1992, when 258,134 of the 603,823 registered Democrats went to the polls...Colorado has 1,046,753 registered Republicans. There are 858,703 Democrats and 925,109 independents."
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