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Colorado: Ken Gordon

March 8, 2009 - 03:15 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Democrats' party toasts gains statewide

By Greg Griffin

CNN political analyst Paul Begala regaled a festive Colorado Democratic Party on Saturday night with jabs at George W. Bush and Rush Limbaugh, whom he challenged to run for president in 2012.

He cracked numerous jokes about Limbaugh, especially focusing on the conservative commentator's weight. Then, chiding Bush, he described a new swing set that President Barack Obama has installed for his daughters at the White House.

"It's so much better than the one that George W. used to play on," the former adviser to Bill Clinton said. He described Bush, who has returned to Texas, as "all hat and no cattle.

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February 23, 2009 - 09:36 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Panel urges all-paper ballots by 2014

By John Ingold

A panel charged with fixing Colorado's election system voted Tuesday to support a recommendation requiring the state to hold all-paper-ballot elections starting in 2014, but one commission member compared the recommendation to being held hostage.

The recommendation, which the legislature can choose whether to adopt, urges Colorado to use only paper ballots starting in 2014. Until then, though, the recommendation proposes allowing clerks to continue using their electronic voting terminals without having to get them recertified or have a paper trail that voters can see.

Those two requirements were pressing down on clerks across Colorado, as a bill from last year that provided a one-time fix to certification headaches is set to expire this summer.

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February 23, 2009 - 09:36 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Panel calls for all-paper elections

By John Ingold

A panel studying ways to improve Colorado's election system has recommended that the state get rid of electronic voting machines and move to an all-paper system by 2014.

Larimer County Clerk Scott Doyle, chairman of the technology subcommittee of the state's Election Reform Commission, said studies have raised questions about the machines' reliability.

"Pre-eminent computer scientists have come to a scientific consensus that the (e-voting) technology is a bad idea," elections attorney Paul Hultin, another subcommittee member, said at an Election Reform Commission meeting Tuesday.

As a concession to county clerks who favor e-voting, the committee's recommendation would allow counties to continue using their current electronic voting machines through the 2013 elections and would waive a requirement set to take effect next year to mandate all e-voting machines have a paper trail voters can see.

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February 18, 2009 - 04:35 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Panel urges all-paper ballots by 2014

By John Ingold

A panel charged with fixing Colorado's election system voted Tuesday to support a recommendation requiring the state to hold all-paper-ballot elections starting in 2014, but one commission member compared the recommendation to being held hostage.

The recommendation, which the legislature can choose whether to adopt, urges Colorado to use only paper ballots starting in 2014. Until then, though, the recommendation proposes allowing clerks to continue using their electronic voting terminals without having to get them recertified or have a paper trail that voters can see.

Those two requirements were pressing down on clerks across Colorado, as a bill from last year that provided a one-time fix to certification headaches is set to expire this summer.

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February 11, 2009 - 03:34 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Panel calls for all-paper elections

By John Ingold

A panel studying ways to improve Colorado's election system has recommended that the state get rid of electronic voting machines and move to an all-paper system by 2014.

Larimer County Clerk Scott Doyle, chairman of the technology subcommittee of the state's Election Reform Commission, said studies have raised questions about the machines' reliability.

"Pre-eminent computer scientists have come to a scientific consensus that the (e-voting) technology is a bad idea," elections attorney Paul Hultin, another subcommittee member, said at an Election Reform Commission meeting Tuesday.

As a concession to county clerks who favor e-voting, the committee's recommendation would allow counties to continue using their current electronic voting machines through the 2013 elections and would waive a requirement set to take effect next year to mandate all e-voting machines have a paper trail voters can see.

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January 8, 2009 - 07:54 pm
NEWS FEED: Face the State

FTS HUMOR: A Day at the U.S. Senate Job Fair

By Andrew Ripemoff

The scene: December 2008. Governor Bill Ritter needs to pick a new U.S. Senator. At a large convention hall in Denver, he sits behind a folding table, greeting applicants as the very first "Colorado Open Senate Seat Job Fair" gets under way.

GOVERNOR’S AIDE: Sir. The applicants are ready.

RITTER: Bring the first one in.

SWANEE HUNT: Good morning Bill.

RITTER: Swanee! Long time no see. What brings you back to Denver?

HUNT: I want to be Senator.

RITTER: Of Colorado?

HUNT: Yes silly. That’s why I’m here.

RITTER: But you’re registered to vote in Massachusetts. You LIVE in Massachusetts.

HUNT: I still own a vacation home here.

RITTER: Swanee. No offense, but I’m not sure if you could relate to the average rural Coloradan.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 16:26

Buescher, Gordon, Romanoff are Sec. of State finalists

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

UPDATED 3:54 P.M. 12/9/2008 

State Rep. Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction), state Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon (D-Denver), and state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff were named finalists to be appointed Colorado Secretary of State, Gov. Bill Ritter's office announced Tuesday.

The three were selected from 20 applicants by a seven-member advisory panel convened after current Secretary of State Mike Coffman was elected to Congress last month.

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Tue, 11/18/2008 - 16:13

Twenty apply for Sec. of State opening

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Twenty people have applied for the open Colorado Secretary of State position. The deadline for applicants was Monday.

The applicants range from A-listers like House Speaker Andrew Romanoff (D-Denver) and state Rep. Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction) to party insiders like Republican attorney Scott Gessler and Colorado Democratic Party Executive Director Sherry Jackson.

An energy executive and a U.S. Geological Survey research scientist are also on the applicant list.

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Mon, 11/17/2008 - 20:36

Buescher submits application for Sec. of State

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Outgoing State Rep. Bernie Buescher (D-Grand Junction), the heir apparent to become Speaker of the House next year until a surprise defeat at the polls earlier this month, has applied to become Secretary of State, News2 is reporting.

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Mon, 11/17/2008 - 19:45

At least five have applied for Sec. of State opening

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

So far, at least five people have said they're applying to succeed Secretary of State Mike Coffman: talk show host and 1990 Democratic Secretary of State nominee Aaron Harber, outgoing Senate President Ken Gordon (D-Denver), federal Election Assistance Commission Chairwoman Rosemary Rodriguez, Gilpin County Clerk and Recorder Jessica Lovingier, and Denver Democratic Party Secretary Dan Willis.

Outgoing Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff had not yet applied for the position as of 3 p.m.

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