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2018 General Election

Guest Post: The oil and gas tech industry votes no on Proposition 112

There is not a single challenge related to the development of Colorado’s oil and gas resources that can’t be solved with the smart application...

Is the debate about Amendment V a debate about millennials themselves?

Coloradans are set to vote on Amendment V, which proposes that Colorado reduce the minimum age for running for the state Senate and House...

Guest Post: Two approaches to getting big money out of politics

Since the US Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, corporations and the wealthy have increased their political contributions exponentially. We’re seeing the effect...

Ask The Indy: Breaking down the tax changes in Amendment 73 High earners will...

A Colorado Independent reader, who wished to remain anonymous, asked how the property tax adjustments in Amendment 73, the school funding measure, would work. The...

Colorado voter turnout at 33%; enthusiasm up for Ds, down for Rs

About a third of active registered Colorado voters have cast ballots as of this morning, the secretary of state reported. With five days to go...

Amendment A: What’s the argument against Colorado’s ballot measure to ban slavery? Ask these...

It’s not easy to find people who oppose the effort to finally, formally ban slavery in Colorado, but they do exist. Two Western Slope district...

Ask The Indy: What’s the party affiliation of judges on Colorado’s 2018 ballot? We...

Here’s a question a dozen readers have asked us this election cycle: How can I find out the party affiliation of the judges on...

Nearly 1 million early ballots cast In Colorado. Dems and GOP are neck and...

Six days before Election Day, Colorado Republicans have cast only a few hundred more early ballots than Democrats. By Halloween morning, 951,431 of nearly 3.3...

Democrats hunker down in suburban swing districts, hoping to flip the Colorado Senate Races...

With one week before Election Day, candidates running for Colorado’s competitive state Senate seats have mostly emptied their war chests in efforts to persuade...
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