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Fri Mar 30, 2012 at 18:42:36 PM MST
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No one asked me and I don't see anything at Westword, but the Post says it's a go and it certainly is an idea whose time has come for the man who feels not every eligible Coloradoan should vote:
"Colorado's Republican Leader, Secretary of State Scott Gessler, has once again prioritized his partisan agenda above the rights of Coloradans to vote. If Scott Gessler is unwilling to fulfill his duties as a non-partisan election officer, the people of Colorado should consider all avenues necessary to remove him as Secretary of State."
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"Gessler has now shown exactly where he is coming from - his intention is to keep people from getting ballots," he said.
There is now a Facebook page for people who want Scott Gessler to be removed from office. For me, it's just exciting to see some Colorado Democrats standing up for a base Democratic principle and standing against the typical Republican shenanigans that usually go unanswered.
Google "scott gessler troop vote" just to see what kind of advocate for the voter he is, and I'm sure you'll agree a recall is in order for this 2-Bit, Koch Whore*.
(* - Open records request for all communications between AEI, AFP Colorado, The Tea Party™, Koch Industries, The American Legislateive Exchange Council (ALEC), and Scott Gessler's Official and Campaign offices is pending. Oh, and apologies to all non-partisan, self-respecting whores everywhere.)
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Mon Mar 12, 2012 at 13:28:19 PM MST
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The Republo-Conservative conspiracy to reduce and suppress voting by likely Democrats continues. Civil Rights activists are fighting back, rejoining a fight they had bravely won almost 50 years ago. Courts and the Justice Department are striking down the first wave of those discriminatory laws in Wisconsin, South Carolina and Texas.
The unethical acts and false claims of our Republican Secretary of State, Scott Gessler, Colorado's Ambassador to Kochistan and its ALEC-written laws, have proven baffling even to Republican County Clerks around the state: "I really have no idea what he is talking about," Republican Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner told the Colorado Independent.
Reiner was referring to allegations made again recently by Secretary of State Scott Gessler that non-citizens are registered to vote in the state. Reiner said she has asked Gessler in the past to share what he knows so that she and the other clerks in the state can address any potential problem. She said that, in roughly the year that has passed since he first brought up the issue, details from Gessler's office have not materialized.
"I asked for the lists when I first heard about this. I haven't gotten any information. I just don't know," she said. Gessler doesn't know what he's talking about, either. Mike Rosen, siding with Gessler and clinging to the wrong side of history, insists there is a problem and recently used the Post to expound:
There's no valid reason not to protect the integrity of our voting process with an inexpensive, basic technology like a photo ID. And contrary to the hollow, contrived, self-serving objections of the deniers, there's no reasonable downside.
Rosen is wrong. The Wisconsin judge reminded us of our Founders:
"A government that undermines the very foundation of its existence - the people's inherent, pre-constitutional right to vote - imperils its legitimacy as a government by the people, for the people, and especially of the people."
There is a downside, and it is not reasonable. These photo ID laws have and will disenfranchise soldiers, the elderly, recent immigrants, the poor and others. To an almost non-existent problem Republican Legislators and voting officials continue to propose this onerous fix. Rabid partisans like Rosen amplify their lies. But when those who administer elections at the local level, even Republicans, see no problem, then we know that those like Gessler and "Mouthpiece" Mike Rosen should move on, and let everyone who wants to vote legally vote.
We might even get a competent Secretary of State out of the deal.
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 at 08:17:23 AM MST
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Vince Carroll has a column about the events in Saguache. I wanted to post the entire thing word for word because it's that good, but that's not why you come to squarestate and the Post frowns on such duplication. So go here and read it.
Short history: In the 2010 election, there were two races that were extremely close, including the Clerk's race. There was also a tax measure that was decided by one single vote. All of this is exactly the sort of circumstance that cries for recounts and re-examination. Indeed, the "public" believes that we WILL have recounts and examinations in such close cases, it is part of why anyone has any faith in our democratic process. But in this case, not even the canvass board was willing to certify the election. In short there was no validation of this election by any citizen review. We had the word of the clerk alone that these results were accurate. As Carroll says:
Too many clerks seem to believe that they should be both the first and last line of defense of election integrity. No one must look over their shoulder or second-guess procedures - or at least no one outside the official club. Hence the clerks' repeated attempts to keep voted ballots under wraps and their strained explanations for why voter identity could be breached if they do not.
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Tue Nov 02, 2010 at 06:20:06 AM MST
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Go and vote. At this point I can't say much that will influence you as to who to vote for (as if I ever could) but go vote. It is one of your responsibilities as a citizen, and none of us should fail to fulfill it. 234 years ago today General Washington was on the run. His forces had been surprised at Chatterson's Hill and he was forced to retreat at night in order to avoid being decimated.
The War of Independence had been going on since before the Declaration, but now it was full blown and in earnest. The signatories to the Declaration had made their stand for an idea that was the United States and faced charges of treason if they were captured. They had pledged their lives, fortunes and scared honor to found a nation on the idea of equality (if a limited and flawed one) and they would fight for it until they won or were destroyed. They won and our nation was born. So go vote for the idea the Founders started.
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Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 14:06:02 PM MST
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It's been a few days now since we began a conversation that addresses the issue of how frustrated some number of LBGT voters are with the Democratic Party this cycle; this because they find themselves either frustrated at the lack of progress on the civil rights issues that matter to them, or because they see both the Democratic and Republican Parties as unreliable partners in the struggle to assure equal rights for all.
In an effort to practice some actual journalism, I assembled a version of an online "focus group" at The Bilerico Project ("daily adventures in LBGTQ"), with the goal of gathering some opinions on this subject in the actual words of those frustrated voters.
Part One of this story focused on "stating the problem", and today we'll take on Part Two: in this environment, with Election Day staring us in the face, what is an LBGT voter to do?
As before, there are a variety of opinions, including a very informative comment I was able to obtain from a genuine Member of Congress, Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania's 8th District, and that means until the very end you won't hear much from me, except to help "set the stage" for the comments that follow.
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Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 21:52:53 PM MST
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It is about a week before early voting begins for a bunch of us around the country, and that means this may be one of the last times I have to convince you that, frustrated progressive or not, you better get your butt to a ballot box or a mail-in envelope this November, because it really does matter.
Now I could give you a bunch of "what ifs" to make my point, or I could remind you how we spent all summer watching oil gush into the Gulf, and how that came to be...but, instead, it's "Even More Current Event Day", and we're going to visit Hungary for a extremely real-world reminder of what can go wrong when the environmental cops are considered just too much of a burden by the environmental robbers-and if today's story doesn't scare you to death, I don't know what will.
It ain't Texas, but we will surely visit a Red River Valley...and you surely won't like what you're gonna see.
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Mon Jul 19, 2010 at 05:58:31 AM MST
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 If you're registered with a political party you should be receiving your primary election ballot in the mail very soon. The commercials are going to increase and the fights of Norton v Buck and Bennet v Romanoff are going to get real scrappy. I look forward to normally uninvolved people expressing great inconvenience at the emotive reactions felt during their normally programmed commercial breaks.
Cry babies :'(
According to the Colorado Secretary of State, Democrat and Republican party registration numbers for the entire state of Colorado as of June is
Dems: 817,458
Reps: 855,667
Unaff: 765,849
And, as Eluning points out in the comments, the Libertarians have their own primary with nearly 8,000 registered Libs.
If you have any questions or need resources from your County Clerk & Recorder, you can find contact information here.
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