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Holtorf celebrates drawing second-line place on 4th District Republican primary ballot
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Holtorf celebrates drawing second-line place on 4th District Republican primary ballot

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice District 63 State Rep. Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, will appear second on the Republican Party's 4th Congressional District primary ballot, immediately following 3rd District U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, he announced Friday. He won a lottery drawing for the position among qualified candidates on the congressional ballot to replace ex-Congressman Ken Buck, following top-line candidate Lauren Boebert. Holtorf earned 15.4% of the delegate vote at the 4th District Assembly in early April and his certification of 1,866 signatures allowed him to advance onto the ballot through the hybrid method. Boebert qualified for the top line on the ballot by taking 40% of the delegate vote at assembly, the highest total among the four attending candidates, and a...
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Sloan: What to do about the Columbia University protestors
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Sloan: What to do about the Columbia University protestors

By Kelly Sloan | Special Contributor, The Rocky Mountain Voice What is it about Columbia University that seems to attract anarchic, fanatical madness? One may recall the 1968 campus revolt, which ultimately took the University well over a decade to recover from. Twenty years after that ignominy, a new generation of malcontents tried to replicate the whole thing, in the course protesting… oh, who knows, Nicaragua, or Ronald Reagan or something. Today of course, we are treated with headlines of the campus again being shut down by swarms of leftist goons, this time in support of Hamas and their declared goal of wiping Israel off the face of the Earth. Columbia, of course, isn’t the only university so infested. Similar scenes are playing out at Yale, Harvard, Tulane and others around ...
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Peter Yu a ‘solid conservative’ of ‘broad appeal’, he says in letter to 4th District supporters
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Peter Yu a ‘solid conservative’ of ‘broad appeal’, he says in letter to 4th District supporters

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice If Peter Yu earns the Republican nomination for Congress in Colorado's 4th District, it may just be through his work ethic and accessibility with voters. He didn't draw support from delegates in the special election and did not attend the Republican Party's assembly, but he has attended almost every Lincoln Dinner in the 22 counties of the district. Those are echo chambers, he has said, and Yu has preferred to take his largely self-funded campaign to the streets of the district ranging about one-third of the state's land area. "I have personally knocked on over 12,000 doors already this year," Yu said in a letter to supporters this week, announcing he would appear on the ballot. "I have enjoyed standing with many of you for 30 minutes or ...
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Devotional: Believe to understand, never the other way around!
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Devotional: Believe to understand, never the other way around!

By Drake Hunter | Guest Columnist Living life is a journey that can be challenging at times; understanding it can be pretty mind-boggling. It requires belief and faith to guide us through the ups and downs of reality, especially in the worst times. To truly understand, we must first have a belief system that allows us to see the bigger picture and its deeper meaning. Instead of just relying on logic, reasoning, and Intelligence Quotient (IQ), we must have faith in something greater than ourselves to guide our actions and decisions. This way, we can live in profound truth and use and experience Spiritual Quotient (SQ). Remember, it's not always about understanding everything; instead, it's about believing and having faith in something that can help us navigate anything that comes o...
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House bill to add protections for victims of sexual assault signed into law
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House bill to add protections for victims of sexual assault signed into law

By Rocky Mountain Voice Staff A bipartisan bill offering increased protection for victims of sexual crime offenses has been signed into law by Lt. Gov. Diana Primavera, in the absence of Gov. Jared Polis. House Bill 1072, by Rep. Lisa Frizell, R-Castle Rock, and Rep. Shannon Bird, D-Westminster, adds protections in law for victims of sexual assault. The bill passed the House by a rare 63-2 vote, with only Democrat Reps. Judy Amabile and Elisabeth Epps opposed. “I am proud to be a part of this expansion to broaden protections for victims of sexual assault,” Frizell said in a statement. “This is a crucial step in promoting a fair and just legal system for victims and ensuring the blame is placed on the perpetrator, not the victim." Under current law, criminal rape shield laws ar...
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Rep. Armagost complains House Bill 1460 is ‘blatantly punitive for officers’
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Rep. Armagost complains House Bill 1460 is ‘blatantly punitive for officers’

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Rep. Ryan Armagost, formerly a law enforcement officer, was critical Wednesday of a rushed process and lack of stakeholder involvement in House Bill 1460, titled "addressing measures to strengthen responses to law enforcement misconduct." The bill advanced out of the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday and to the House floor by a 6-5 vote. "This bill was pretty blatantly designed to be punitive for officers," he said. "It is littered with punitive action without due process." The bill requires law enforcement agencies to respond to allegations of officer misconduct with an investigation, and officers are required to report allegations of misconduct by their peers. Should an officer fail to report, a Class 2 misdemeanor penalty could be a...
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Democrats advance first-in-the-nation gun bill, one mandating gun owners to purchase insurance
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Democrats advance first-in-the-nation gun bill, one mandating gun owners to purchase insurance

RMGO threatens to sue State of Colorado, others term it unconstitutional By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice The punishment Democrats will assess on Coloradans wishing to pursue their Constitutional right of gun ownership will be either the costs of an insurance policy or fines beginning at $500 for a first offense of not having firearm liability insurance, if House Bill 1270 passes. The bill was heard Wednesday in the Senate's State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee. "We need to make sure Coloradans have adequate insurance to carry firearms," said Denver Democrat Chris Hansen, the sponsor of the bill in the Senate. As with other gun-restricting laws presented this session by Democrats in the House and Senate, this one had substantially more opposition to the...
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Overbeck: Transgender fans try to kill parent’s rights and girls-only sports ballot initiatives 
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Overbeck: Transgender fans try to kill parent’s rights and girls-only sports ballot initiatives 

By Joy Overbeck | Guest Commentary The transgender craze infecting our schools and dumping many gender-confused young children headfirst into a bewildering pipeline of puberty-blocking drugs, hormone injections and eventually gender-mutilating surgery, is making progress in Colorado thanks to the legislature’s ruling Democrat majority.  A bill allowing children as young as kindergarten to change their names to an opposite-sex name without the school telling parents (HB24-1039) is awaiting the governor’s signature. The epic lie that children can reject their own bodies and instead “choose their preferred gender” can lead to tragedy as young people who have regretted their transitions are increasingly telling us.  But now concerned parents, grandparents and ordinary citize...
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In November, voters will decide on adding economic transparency to ballot measures
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In November, voters will decide on adding economic transparency to ballot measures

Initiative 77 is second on the ballot, 11 other measures a step away By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Registered voters will be asked this fall whether the state should provide more economic transparency in relation to ballot measures, following the signature verification this week of Proposed Initiative No. 77, qualifying it for the ballot. The measure specifically asks, "Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes requiring that a summary of any qualifying economic impact statements for an initiative be placed on the ballot preceding the initiative's ballot question?" Specifically, if voters approve the measure, the state would at the minimum have to provide the effect a measure would have on state employment, the state's gross domestic product, and on ...
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Peter Yu final Republican to qualify for ballot in crowded 4th District GOP primary
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Peter Yu final Republican to qualify for ballot in crowded 4th District GOP primary

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice The names of six candidates seeking the Republican nomination will appear on the 4th District primary election ballot. Peter Yu was the final candidate to qualify Monday, when he narrowly cleared the 1,500-vote threshold needed. He submitted petitions with 2,464 signatures, with 62.9% (1,552) accepted by the Secretary of State's office. He joins a field of Lauren Boebert, Deborah Flora, Richard Holtorf, Mike Lynch and Jerry Sonnenberg on the ballot. Boebert earned 40% support of delegates at the Republican assembly earlier this month to qualify for the ballot, in addition to the first successful petition in the district. Flora and Lynch qualified through petition only. Holtorf and Sonnenberg qualified through the combination of assembly a...
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