Tag: Mike Coffman
Bernie Buescher for Superman!
Secretary of State? Sure thing. President of Colorado State University? Why not? U.S. Attorney? You betcha! For Bernie Buescher, there apparently isn’t a job he won’t do — except be speaker of Colorado’s House of Representatives, of course.
Some expected, and unexpected, names in the running for SOS
In the most exciting thing to happen since the gossip hounds were howling post-election about who might possibly challenge Dick Wadhams for chairman of the state Republican Party, the deadline has now passed for people to apply to become Colorado’s next Secretary of State. And it appears that — stop the presses! — state Rep. Bernie Buescher has tossed his hat into the ring, along with several other expected, and not-so-expected names.
Want to be Colorado’s next secretary of state? Don’t embarrass Ritter
Did you ever want to be a Secretary of State, overseeing elections and licensing and all the things that Secretary of States do? Well, your lucky day may be Monday, which is the deadline to apply for consideration to become Colorado’s next Secretary of State. And — this part is important — you must also correctly be able to successfully answer this question, which is actually on the application: "Is there anything in your background that might be an embarrassment to the Governor or you if it were to become public?"
Colorado’s purged voter list grows to 44,000
Controversy over voters who were purged from the rolls continues, as the Denver Post reports Secretary of State Mike Coffman eliminated more than 44,000 voters in recent months, higher than past estimates.
Colorado starts search for new secretary of state
Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman oversaw his own successful election last week to replace CD 7's outgoing Rep. Tom Tancredo. And that means that Governor Bill Ritter must find a replacement for Coffman, who spent the weeks leading up to the election mired in allegations of illegal voter purging as well as other shenanigans.
Liveblog: Colorado election returns for president, Congress, state assembly
Throughout the evening, The Colorado Independent will be tracking election returns across the state for hotly contested races from the the presidency on down.
Purged voters in the dark over Election Day status
Thousands of purged Colorado voters have no clue that they've been removed from the state's rolls. And that could make for some dramatic scenarios on Election Day tomorrow when would-be registered voters are denied a regular ballot at the polls.
Federal judge rails at Secretary of State Coffman to stop purges
A federal judge took a swipe at an "obdurate" Secretary of State Mike Coffman this afternoon by ordering Colorado's top election official to stop violating federal law by purging voters.
The Advancement Project, a voter protection organization, filed suit against Coffman late last week for canceling as many 30,000 voters within 90 days of the federal election, a breach of the National Voter Registration Act. Coffman's office settled with the Advancement Project late Wednesday evening, agreeing to let purged individuals vote by provisional ballot. But he has purged an additional 146 voters since then.
Election snafu roundup: Lots of tricks, some treats for voters
It's not over yet. With Election Day just around the bend, questions about Colorado's ability to pull off the big event have only mounted in recent days. Over the past two weeks, the Colorado Independent has published a Friday digest of the most important election administration news of that week. We've steered you through all sorts of wreckage: county clerks defying Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman in accepting incomplete voter registrations, Coffman admitting that he purged thousands of voters from the state rolls, El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Bob Balink trying to stop students from registering, and on and on and on.
Denver allows “check box” voters to fix registrations, Coffman denounces action
Denver County Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O'Malley has defied Secretary of State Mike Coffman by devising a plan to let some voters with incomplete registrations fix their forms and vote regular ballots on Election Day.