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Author: Brian Porter

Armstrong: Punishing the innocent with Colorado’s Proposition KK
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Armstrong: Punishing the innocent with Colorado’s Proposition KK

By Ari Armstrong | Complete Colorado Imagine the screams from the left if, instead of facing a ballot measure to allow for tax-subsidized abortions, Colorado voters instead saw a measure to tax abortions to fund mental health for women dealing with matters pertaining to fertility, pregnancy, and raising children. “This is punishing people for exercising their basic rights,” we would hear. “This is not how we should fund essential services,” the chorus would chant. And the critics would be right. But, when it comes to new taxes on guns and ammunition, the same people who would don sackcloth and ashes over an abortion tax are all cheers and grins. Why the double standard? Abortion good, guns bad, is the basic orientation of our dominantly Democratic legislature. We get more of ...
Griswold’s office response to GOP concern lacks detail requested by Williams
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Griswold’s office response to GOP concern lacks detail requested by Williams

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice In response to an inquiry made by the Colorado Republican Party, the office of secretary of state Jena Griswold claims only partial passwords to certain components of the Colorado voting systems were improperly made available in a public area of the website she manages. "This does not pose an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections, nor will it impact how ballots are counted," a statement from her office reads. The statement received by the Rocky Mountain Voice did not include comment from Griswold in a long explanation of election security measures, which never addressed how the passwords were placed in a public area of the website and by whom. In fact, the statement failed to address much of the concern from Colorado Republican...
Colorado GOP: Hundreds of voting system passwords were publicly shared by secretary of state’s office
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Colorado GOP: Hundreds of voting system passwords were publicly shared by secretary of state’s office

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice More than 600 BIOS passwords for voting system components in 63 of the state's 64 counties were publicly shared in a file on Secretary of State Jena Griswold's website, a news release email from the Colorado Republican Party reads. An unnamed state official "discretely removed" the passwords on Thursday, Oct. 24, the release states. "The passwords were not encrypted or otherwise protected – this means they were available for public consumption," the Colorado Republican Party's email reads. The file may have been posted publicly since August, with the amended file posted Oct. 24. BIOS passwords allow access for "knowledgeable users to fundamentally manipulate systems and data" and to remove trace evidence of doing so, the Colorado Republ...
Evans to be joined by Bright, Gonzalez, Navarro, Woog in two town hall meetings this week
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Evans to be joined by Bright, Gonzalez, Navarro, Woog in two town hall meetings this week

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Gabe Evans, the Republican nominee in Colorado's 8th U.S. House District, has announced a pair of town hall breakfast meetings in advance of Election Day. The Army combat veteran and former police lieutenant will be joined at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, by 8th District State Board of Education candidate Yazmin Navarro, Colorado Senate District 13 candidate Scott Bright and Colorado House District 50 candidate Ryan Gonzalez at Aunt Helen’s Café and Wine Bar, 800 8th Avenue, Suite 101, in Greeley. Evans will be joined at 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, by Colorado House District 19 candidate Dan Woog at Pepper’s Fireside Grille, 8274 Colorado Blvd. in Longmont. Evans is seeking to make Democrat Yadira Caraveo a one-term member of Congress. She is r...
Coloradans can ride the RTD for free to vote early today and on Election Day
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Coloradans can ride the RTD for free to vote early today and on Election Day

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Some voters along the Front Range can take advantage of fare-free rides with the Regional Transportation District to vote in-person or at a ballot drop-off location. Debra A. Johnson, the general manager and CEO of the RTD, and RTD Board Member Peggy Catlin, along with election officials, announced on Friday two no-fare travel days on RTD. There will be no fare for users on Tuesday, Oct. 29, and also on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Election Day is Nov. 5, and Oct. 29 marks National Vote Early Day. Colorado voters may find their nearest ballot drop box or voting center by visiting GoVoteColorado.gov, and can use RTD’s trip planner to find the best route to get there.
Mesa County to Secretary Griswold: ‘This is our community and our investigation’
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Mesa County to Secretary Griswold: ‘This is our community and our investigation’

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice The Mesa County elections office is investigating a potential case of election fraud, Mesa County Clerk Bobbie Gross announced Thursday, just moments after a press release vividly detailing the case was sent to the media from Secretary of State Jena Griswold's office. "While we understand the secretary of state’s desire to make public statements, this is our community and our investigation," Gross said. Thirteen minutes earlier, Griswold had released specific information pertaining to the investigation and a statement to the media. "It is critical that we follow proper procedures to ensure a thorough and effective investigation without tipping off those involved," Gross said. "The people of Mesa County deserve transparency and accountabili...
Never Surrender/America First rally in Fountain to feature ‘Mayor of MAGAville’, candidates for U.S, state seats
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Never Surrender/America First rally in Fountain to feature ‘Mayor of MAGAville’, candidates for U.S, state seats

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Candidates in three U.S. House races and two Colorado House races will be among those speaking during the Never Surrender/America First Rally and Concert in Fountain, Colo. Among the highlights will be a performance by MAGA rap artist Forgiato Blow, known as the "Mayor of MAGAville", who recorded Trump Train, MAGA Party, Trump 2024, MAGA King and Let's Go Brandon, among other recordings. The Never Surrender Rally and Concert will take place from 2-10 p.m. Nov. 2 at Pikes Peak International Raceway, 16650 Midway Ranch Rd. in Fountain. "I encourage all America-loving Patriots of Colorado to get behind this," said Natalee Tennant. "This is a way for us to unite and show Colorado is more Red than they think." Announced speakers include 4th ...
Poll aggregators show Trump leading in battleground states, up big in “no toss up” map projection
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Poll aggregators show Trump leading in battleground states, up big in “no toss up” map projection

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice With a dozen days remaining until Election Day, the race for the White House between former President Donald Trump, a Republican, and Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, could not be closer, according to three poll aggregators. Harris holds a 0.2% edge in the national average at Real Clear Politics, but that is where the good news ends for her campaign. In the top battleground states of Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, Trump is leading the polls and overall has a 0.9% lead in top battleground states, Real Clear Politics projects. Real Clear Politics presently gives Trump a four-point Electoral College edge, 219-215, with nine states placed into "toss up" category for an additional 104 Elect...
Registered Republicans have returned about 28.3% of all ballots, Democrats about 31.9%
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Registered Republicans have returned about 28.3% of all ballots, Democrats about 31.9%

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice The first daily release of returned ballot-count from the office of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold indicates Democrats have a 3.6% edge over Republicans in ballots returned. Democrats have returned 200,905 of the 630,782 ballots, or about 31.9%. Republicans, who make up about 28.0% of registrations, have cast 178,383 ballots, or about 28.3% of ballots returned. Democratic voters comprise about 26.1% of all voters statewide and Republicans comprise about 23.3%, meaning Democratic voters have voted at a rate outperforming registrations by 5.8% and Republicans by a rate outperforming registrations by about 5%. Unaffiliated voters, which account for 48.5% of all registrations, have underperformed with 39.6% of ballots cast. The secreta...
Gabe Evans’ ad attacks the laws Yadira Caraveo supported to ‘Defund the Police’
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Gabe Evans’ ad attacks the laws Yadira Caraveo supported to ‘Defund the Police’

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Inside the final two weeks before Election Day, Republican nominee Gabe Evans is launching an ad in the critical 8th District race for the U.S. House seat attacking his opponent's "Defund the Police" stance. “Far-left crime and drug policies spawned Colorado’s crime wave, and [Democrat] Yadira Caraveo voted for them all,” Evans said in a press statement. “From cashless bail, to sanctuary state policies, to decriminalizing fentanyl, Yadira Caraveo has been at the forefront of the ‘defund the police’ movement. When she co-sponsored and voted for Senate Bill 20-217, the defunding effect was so potent I personally witnessed drug interdiction units being downsized and plainclothes agents reassigned back to patrol, allowing cartels and international d...