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Cooper: Is signature verification of mail-in ballots valid?

All mail-in voting systems use a process called signature verification to verify the person voting by mail is the voter registered to vote.  In Colorado this process is based on comparing the signature on the outer ballot envelope with the digital signature images in a database called SCORE.

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Ganahl: Free speech is not the enemy of progress

On Wednesday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 24-084 into law, effectively creating what some might call the state’s own Ministry of Truth. The bill, supposedly aimed at preventing the spread of misinformation and disinformation, establishes a partnership between the state attorney general and the Education Department. It’s designed to reduce “factually inaccurate data” and “encourage respectful discourse.”

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Sloan: After DA Alvin Bragg’s unorthodox case against Donald Trump, now what?

It is pretty much universally accepted, at least quietly and with furtive glances, that Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump was… er… unorthodox, to say the least. 

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