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Littwin: The ever weirder Jon Keyser forgery scandal

The one sure thing about the weird petition-signature-forgery story was that it would inevitably get even weirder. It's what these stories do. You remember the one...

Why Jon Keyser is trying to sue his way onto the...

Republican establishment golden boy former state Rep. Jon Keyser isn’t backing down from his efforts to run in the U.S. Senate race, even though...

Some counties charge thousands of dollars for public inspection of voted-ballot...

  This story first appeared on the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition website.   The public can inspect voted ballots in Colorado. So says a state Court of...

Take a sneak peek at your November ballot

Ballots for the November 3 coordinated election will arrive in Coloradans’ mailboxes in just over a week. But if you can’t bear to wait...

Appeal denied: Former Secretary of State Scott Gessler violated public trust

Former Secretary of State Scott Gessler broke the rules and violated the public trust by spending Secretary of State office money for personal and...

Statetap: Military academy scandals piling up

A leaked report of recruitment practices at West Point Academy in New York includes accounts of party bus rides for underage recruits featuring booze and babes.

Citizens United must disclose funders of Colorado politics documentary

As the Supreme Court said in the case that bears Citizens United’s name, the public has a right to know who is spending money to influence their vote as an election nears.

On the digital stump: Scott Gessler

Honey Badger says he's in it to win it

Gessler unbowed on budget shortfall, prepared for battle at the capitol

DENVER -- Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is not to blame the steep shortfall in his office budget and members of the legislature's powerful bipartisan Joint Budget Committee would see that if only they would fairly review the facts, Gessler writes in a letter responding to committee concerns and delivered in advance of an appearance he is scheduled to make before the committee this week.

Colorado Supreme Court Denies Appeal, Colorado Recall Legal Turmoil Over

The Colorado Independent just received a copy of the Colorado Supreme Court's decision not to hear the appeal filed by Clerk Ortiz of Pueblo and Robert Nemanich regarding the District Court decision effectively dismissing the use of all-mail ballots in the upcoming historic recall elections. In a surprise twist, Secretary of State Scott Gessler and Clerk Williams of El Paso County joined the Libertarian Party of Colorado in opposing the appeal.
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