Colorado GOP weighs whether to cancel its 2018 primary election, a move that would shut out unaffiliated voters
The Colorado Republican Party is considering whether to cancel the June 2018 primary elections for Congress, the governor’s office and other offices, and instead nominate candidates through an existing caucus process dominated by insiders.
The move is permitted under Proposition 108, a ballot question approved in 2016 that overhauled how major-party candidates are selected in Colorado and allows the state’s 1.4 million unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in either the Republican or Democratic primaries.
A caveat in the new law allows political parties to opt out of the new law by a 75 percent vote of its central committee.
Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays told The Denver Post he will discuss the question Friday, when the party’s executive leadership meets and plans to put the question to a formal vote at the party’s Sept. 23 gathering.
Read more at denverpost.com.
Dr. Julie Marmon poses for a portrait Friday, June 23, 2017, in a room of the ER Specialists Urgency Center, a new facility offering an alternative to traditional emergency room care. Photo by James Wooldridge, The Gazette
Dr. Julie Marmon poses for a portrait Friday, June 23, 2017, in a room of the ER Specialists Urgency Center, a new facility offering an alternative to traditional emergency room care. Photo by James Wooldridge, The Gazette
