By Savannah Eller | Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office has officially dismissed a complaint against current El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf for comments made about his state Senate run in a May 9 Board of County Commissioners meeting.
The state Elections Division motion to dismiss was granted on June 7. Integrity matters, the resident watchdog group behind the complaint, said in the filing that VanderWerf violated fair campaign practices when he mentioned what he planned to do if elected to Colorado Senate District 12 this November during a meeting on a housing development approval application.
The development, which would bring 20 single-family homes to dead-end Hay Creek Road, faced opposition from the public during the hearing. The board later unanimously approved the application.