Tag: voting
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LETTERS: Revisit the mayor’s vision; primary election voting is underway
Revisit the mayor’s vision As Colorado Springs continues to grapple with rising homelessness and policies focused on moving people from camps and public spaces, we should revisit Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s stated vision to “take a holistic approach to address the needs of our residents” and create a pathway to safe, stable, and affordable housing. Homelessness…
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LETTERS: Mixed messages leave community uncertain; lifelong learning process
Mixed messages leave community uncertain Reading at the Rock in Rockrimmon, Colorado Springs, will celebrate its first anniversary on May 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. COS Reads, a nonprofit organization, established the interim Reading at the Rock library after the Pikes Peak Library District closed the Rockrimmon Library and ended library services in…
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GUEST COLUMN: Address recalls, special elections with voter engagement
In March, Tom Bailey stepped down from his Colorado Springs City Council District 2 seat, following a successful certified recall petition by District 2 residents. He was elected less than one year ago, when he ran unopposed. Constituents cited Bailey’s support for projects like the Ford Amphitheater and the Royal Pines apartments as the basis for the…
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Colorado’s congressional redistricting proposal could flip three Republican House seats | ANALYSIS
A Democrat-backed proposal to redraw Colorado’s congressional map for the 2028 election could flip three Republican districts. The proposal, introduced by a group called Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, is yet another development in a national redistricting debate after President Donald Trump called to redraw U.S. House districts. An analysis of the proposal in…
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Peru’s Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation
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Secretary of State certifies 2025 election ballot
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold certified the 2025 election ballot Wednesday, with voters set to vote on two statewide measures in early November. The ballot measures include two propositions concerning the Healthy School Meals for All Program, which pays for public schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students in kindergarten through…
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Moldova’s pro-EU party takes decisive lead in election fraught with Russian interference claims
Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has taken a decisive lead to win a critical parliamentary election that was overshadowed by Russian interference claims
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Ranked choice voting on the ballot in Colorado
Prop 131, known as the ranked choice voting measure, will have big impacts on primaries and general elections if passed.
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Ranked-choice voting would mark the end of person-to-person democracy | Vince Bzdek
The most significant vote many Coloradans will take this election, besides picking a new president, is whether to completely change the way we practice democracy in this state. Proposition 131 would substitute our state’s 100-year-old system of “one-person, one vote” for a nonpartisan primary and “ranked-choice” voting. Lots of pros and cons have been flying…