Some government jobs are too important to be left up to the whims of voters. That, at least, seems to be the thinking behind the exit strategy of Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson, who announced her upcoming resignation this week — just after the deadline passed for scheduling an election…
Earlier this month, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow spoke about Colorado’s Personhood Amendment as if it had already been approved for the ballot. We suggested this assumption might be premature given the number of signatures proponents submitted — and indeed, the Secretary of State’s office has just announced that it’s fallen short…
President Barack Obama’s visit to Fort Collins yesterday spurred plenty of videos, many of which are on view below. But the funniest involves a critical sign placed on his motorcade route. As you can see, it reads, “You were here in 08′ & you sold us like Cupid! ‘Your’ economy…
In what amounts to a landmark decision, a federal judge has ruled that the conditions of solitary confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary constitute “a paradigm of inhumane treatment” and must change — notably, so that inmates locked down in their cells 23 hours a day can have at least…
This week, we shared a CU forecast predicting a Mitt Romney win in Colorado and the U.S. as a whole based on data that also proved accurate when applied to past presidential races. But a new poll says Barack Obama is maintaining his close lead in Colorado. Who to believe?…
Actor Kal Penn, who is campaigning for Barack Obama nearly full-time, stopped in Colorado yesterday to promote the president on college campuses. While his well-known character in Harold & Kumar may know quite a bit about marijuana, Penn, at a stop at the Auraria campus yesterday afternoon, didn’t have much…
Yesterday, CBS4’s Shaun Boyd got a one-on-one opportunity to quiz presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — a nice coup for a local reporter. But Boyd’s chat with Romney, seen in multiple clips below, made more news for his refusal to talk about Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin than the talking…
Mitt Romney will win key swing states like Colorado and become the next president of the United States. So says a new study released this morning by the University of Colorado — and the researchers behind the forecast say they have a solid methodology that ensures their predictions will probably…
After a voter advocacy group offered proof that county clerks and other election officials could identify how specific people voted — which would violate a citizen’s basic right to a secret ballot — Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced an “emergency rule” effective immediately that will prevent officials from…
Should House Speaker Frank McNulty work as a fry cook at a certain “hate chicken restaurant”? Fight Back Colorado, a group devoted to defeating lawmakers in November’s election who voted against a bill to legalize civil unions, wants to know. Though the group hasn’t announced which lawmakers it will target,…
No, we’re not making this up: In discussing Missouri Representative Todd Akin’s bizarre claim that “legitimate rape” victims seldom get pregnant, Colorado state Senator Shawn Mitchell used the phrase “explosive boners.” And then he may or may not have tried to make a joke about it, as you’ll see in…
Nearly 4,000 registered voters in Colorado received a letter this week from Secretary of State Scott Gessler asking that they prove their citizenship or otherwise remove themselves from voter rolls. Gessler, who says he is preventing fraud, identified these residents through the Division of Motor Vehicles — but watchdog groups…
As the local campaigns for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama compete to attract voters in this key swing state, the Colorado Republican Party is now dealing with its own internal battle, with one national delegate alleging that the state’s GOP chairman won an important committee seat in a botched election…
Secretary of State Scott Gessler wants to make it easier for political groups to remain secretive about their spending by rewriting election rules and weakening disclosure laws. That’s according to two watchdog groups, who praise a court ruling that blocks most of Gessler’s efforts. Denver District Court has struck down…
Editor’s note: This election cycle,Westword is exploring the public records of television stations for information about how candidates are spending money on ads in Denver. Seems that Jude Judy has bipartisan appeal in Denver. After reporting last week that Barack Obama’s campaign is pouring money into Denver television ads that…
Although a handful of students weren’t allowed to attend a speech by Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan yesterday, thousands of others crowded into Lakewood High School to hear Ryan speak. Here’s what ten of those attending said about why they were there…
Update:After we wrote about six different students who were banned from attending Congressman Paul Ryan’s speech in Lakewood yesterday, an anonymous source sent us a screenshot from one of their Facebook pages that mentions tomatoes and glitter bombs. The image seemingly contradicts claims by at least one of the students…
Had six non-Romney fans not be banned from attending, they would have learned that Congressman Paul Ryan is just a family man with a lot of love for the State of Colorado. That’s how the newly announced vice presidential candidate presented himself at the start of his speech at Lakewood…
Speaking one week after a former Denver resident shot six people dead in Wisconsin, and less than a month after James Holmes killed twelve and injured dozens more in Aurora, Denver police chief Robert White told Westword it’s time to make progress on gun control. We spoke with White over…
Colorado has become a virtual co-star on Rachel Maddow’s nightly MSNBC show. A week ago, she suggested that the Michael Bennet-Ken Buck 2010 senate race provided a road map for the Obama campaign. And last night, she used the state to frame her argument that Mitt Romney running mate Paul…
While the run-up to the 2012 election is stressful for most politicians, those lucky officials running in relatively safe districts have time for a little fun. Witness Representative Jared Polis, a Democrat representing Boulder and vicinity, who’s recently declared his love for the wonderfully eccentric website Boing Boing via photos…
Further underscoring the importance of Colorado as a key swing state in the presidential election, Paul Ryan, the newly named Republican vice presidential candidate, is holding events in metro Denver tonight and tomorrow — just two days after Mitt Romney announced his running mate. Ryan began his first solo day…
