Author: Wayne Williams
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GUEST OPINION: Recall elections should never be used to overturn policy decisions
We are concerned. As a former Colorado secretary of state, county commissioner and city council member, and a former Colorado state representative and state senator, we are writing today as two of your fellow citizens who not only have been elected to office but also have played a large part in formulating and advancing the management and supervision of election law(s). Among those laws recall elections are among the most serious tools available to voters. They exist…
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GUEST COLUMN: Grocery merger a win-win for state’s consumers, workers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As competition intensifies across various sectors, few industries feel the heat more than grocery retail. I’m generally the grocery shopper in our family, and I buy our groceries from Amazon, Costco, King Soopers, Sam’s Club,…
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GUEST COLUMN: Grocery merger a win-win for state’s consumers, workers
As competition intensifies across various sectors, few industries feel the heat more than grocery retail. I’m generally the grocery shopper in our family, and I buy our groceries from Amazon, Costco, King Soopers, Sam’s Club, and Walmart, depending on the week and the sales. My son and his wife buy many of their groceries from…
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Perspective: Dissecting Proposition 131
This year, Proposition 131 gives voters the opportunity to change our election system, adopting an all-candidate primary and potentially establishing ranked voting for some covered elections. I explain below how this proposition would work — and examine some of its challenges. In 2008, the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation permitting certain local governments in Colorado…
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COLUMN: Use legal ways to challenge elections
County clerks recently gathered from across the state in Colorado Springs. As an at-large member of Colorado Springs City Council, I was honored our city could host these key protectors of our sacred right to vote. Ensuring fair elections has always been challenging, but today we face new difficulties. I’m a lifelong Republican, but in…
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GUEST COLUMN:We must ensure fair and safe elections
Colorado’s election process is widely praised as the gold standard and tops in the nation. We maintain accurate voter lists, require bipartisan judges and video surveillance, established the nation’s first full risk limiting audit, and provide multiple and accessible ways and times to vote. Most Coloradans choose to return the ballot mailed to them, with…
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GUEST COLUMN: Campaign finance and election law require bipartisan approach
As Colorado’s Secretary of State, I took great pride in the overarching mission for this important office: to conduct the responsibilities of the office objectively and fairly for the sake of the Colorado voters and businesses I had the honor of representing. The Secretary of State is an office where bipartisanship must be the foundation…
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Accessibility, transparency, security key to Colorado’s election integrity
At the Colorado secretary of state’s office, our primary concerns when it comes to elections are protecting the right to vote and the integrity of our elections. This means providing accessibility, transparency and security. Citizens must have confidence in our elections — not just in our state, but nationwide. The public has to believe that…