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Proposition 131 debate: Weighing the merits and cost of ranked-choice voting in Colorado
Collection Colorado Voter Guide: 2024 General Election Watch the full debate here. The benefits and drawbacks of Proposition 131, which seeks to establish an all-candidate primary and ranked-choice voting system in Colorado, were discussed during a debate hosted by Colorado Politics, the Denver Gazette, and the University of the University of Denver’s Reiman Theatre on Thursday. …
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Colorado ballot issues raise more than $6.6 million in two weeks
Collection Colorado Voter Guide: 2024 General Election In just under two weeks, the issue committees battling over most of the 14 statewide ballot issues have collectively raised more than $6.6 million. The most fundraising between Oct. 10 and Monday is Colorado Voters First, which backs Proposition 131, the open primary/ranked choice voting measure. Ben Walton,…
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Proposition 131: Colorado voters will decide fate of ranked-choice voting | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Collection Colorado Voter Guide: 2024 General Election A sample ballot in Maine showing how ranked-choice voting works Thelma Grimes In November, Colorado voters will decide whether to upend the election process by abolishing party-line primaries and sending the top four candidates, regardless of party, to the general election. Through Proposition 131, voters will decide on…
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Colorado election spending: How donors are shaping the 2024 races
In 2004, they were known as the Gang of Four. Wealthy Democrats, including Pat Stryker, Rutt Bridges, Tim Gill, and now-Gov. Jared Polis, who pooled their resources for a take-over of the Colorado General Assembly. As outlined in “The Blueprint,” the landmark book on what began Colorado’s transition from red to blue, in 2004, the…
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Are Coloradans ready for ranked choice voting? | Cronin and Loevy
Citizen Initiative 310, backed by a few Denver political reformers, will be on your Nov. 5 general election ballot. It proposes a major overhaul of how Coloradans would vote in state and congressional elections — but not for local and presidential elections. This reform is named ranked choice voting. It is being supported by the “Colorado…
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Colorado voters to decide on ranked-choice voting, $350M for officer training and support
Colorado voters will be asked to consider a ranked-choice voting system this November, which would change both the primary and general election for both state and federal races. The Secretary of State’s Office announced this week that Proposition 310 does qualify for the November ballot. If approved, the ballot measure would create what is known…
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Colorado Supreme Court bars proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, clears way for primary election revamp
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a proposed ballot initiative to ban gender-affirming care for children will not appear on the November ballot, while another measure that would revamp the state’s primary elections and implement ranked-choice voting remains eligible. The justices reached their conclusions on narrow procedural grounds, revolving around the deadline for seeking…
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Is a new ‘Independents Day’ dawning in Colorado? | Vince Bzdek
Some day in the not-too-distant future, Americans may look back at this moment in history and single out Colorado as the place a new birth of “independents” occurred. Colorado Springs was, in fact, featured in a national political magazine recently as one of the epicenters of a movement by voters away from political parties. “If…
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Ready, set, wait: Colorado’s new redistricting process stumbles out of the gate
Colorado’s first-ever independent redistricting commissions are complete, after a lengthy commissioner selection process, and they are beginning to meet and prepare for their once-in-a-decade work of redrawing the state’s political lines. It’s the bearing of fruit years in the works, following the drafting, legislative passage, then finally the voter approval of Amendments Y and Z…
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Ready, set, wait: Colorado’s new redistricting process stumbles out of the gate
Colorado’s first-ever independent redistricting commissions are complete, after a lengthy commissioner-selection process, and they are beginning to meet and prepare for their once-in-a-decade work of redrawing the state’s political lines. It’s the bearing of fruit years in the works, following the drafting, legislative passage, then finally the voter approval of Amendments Y and Z in…