Tag: petition
After forgery arrest, Keyser canvassing firm is rethinking its hiring policies
Steve Adams, head of canvassing firm Black Diamond Outreach, said today his company is reviewing the way it hires and works with petition gatherers after the arrest...
Keyser signature collector arrested for forgery
Maureen Moss, the woman who allegedly forged petition signatures that helped U.S. Senate Republican candidate Jon Keyser get onto the June 28 primary ballot,...
Colorado Mining Association, Wyoming seek to overturn Clinton Roadless Rule ruling
The Colorado Mining Association and the state of Wyoming on Monday petitioned the full 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear “en banc” an October decision upholding the Clinton administration’s 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
Vets press Gessler to drop voter ballot case
Richard Allen Smith, Afghan war veteran and vice chairman of national soldier and veteran advocacy organization VoteVets, on Thursday hand delivered a petition with more than 9,000 signatures asking Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler to drop the lawsuit he filed seeking to prevent counties in the state from mailing ballots to inactive voters, including to soldiers serving away from home. The organization is asking Gessler to accept a decision handed down in district court last week finding insupportable Gessler's interpretation of election law in the matter.
Environmental groups petition EPA to set air-pollution limits on coals mines
A coalition of national environmental groups Wednesday petitioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa Jackson to begin limiting air pollution from coal mines...
Complaint alleges Senate candidate Norton petition signatures invalid
DENVER— Failed GOP Senate candidate Thomas Bjorklund yesterday filed a complaint in Denver District Court seeking to disqualify GOP U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton...
Colorado groups seek support for Gulf Coast, urge Obama to rethink...
Landlocked Colorado environmental activists are rallying support on two different fronts in the wake of last month’s massive British Petroleum oil spill off the...
Norton to bypass state Republican convention
U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton has announced a provocative plan to follow the lead of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in petitioning directly onto the...
Conservation group asks EPA to yank Xcel permits for coal-fired plants
Conservationists aren't waiting for Xcel Energy to remake its coal-fired power plants along the Front Range to reduce smog ahead of an expected emissions clampdown by federal regulators.