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Donald Trump delivers on promise to visit Mile High state, announces MAGA rally Friday in Aurora
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Donald Trump delivers on promise to visit Mile High state, announces MAGA rally Friday in Aurora

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Donald J. Trump is delivering on another promise for Coloradans. The former President has announced a rally in which he will deliver remarks at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N. Gaylord Rockies Blvd., in Aurora. Trump had repeatedly said he would visit the Front Range community during prior rallies. "Kamala's border bloodbath has made every state a border state, leaving Colorado families at the mercy of criminals," a press release from the Trump-Vance campaign announcing the appearance reads. "The only solution to stop the border crisis is to elect President Trump, who will secure the border, deport dangerous criminals, and Make America Safe Again." Trump served as the 45th President of ...
November ballots will be arriving soon: What to know about Election Day 2024
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November ballots will be arriving soon: What to know about Election Day 2024

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News It’s time to keep an eye on your mailbox ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, as the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced that mail ballots will be sent to voters in the next week or two. Specifically, the ballots will be mailed beginning Oct. 11 through Oct. 18. That means the ballots will arrive about 15 to 20 days before the election. Overseas and military voters’ ballots were sent out by Sept. 21. So, with just over four weeks left until Election Day on Nov. 5, what are the nuts and bolts of the general election that voters should know? FOX31 dug into the Colorado election rules and processes to create an Election Day primer. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
‘This will be the last election’ if VP Kamala Harris wins the presidency: Elon Musk
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‘This will be the last election’ if VP Kamala Harris wins the presidency: Elon Musk

By Tristan Justice | The Federalist Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk warned Pennsylvania voters Saturday ‘this will be the last election’ if Vice President Kamala Harris wins in November. “I have one ask for everyone in the audience,” Musk said, addressing both the crowd and the cameras that livestreamed the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “Register to vote, and get everyone you know and everyone you don’t know. Drag them to register to vote.” “There’s only two days left to register in both Georgia and Arizona,” Musk added. “And then make sure they actually do vote. If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE FEDERALIST Click Here
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson says one Colorado race could help decide control of Congress
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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson says one Colorado race could help decide control of Congress

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado In a sign of how competitive the race in Colorado's 8th Congressional District is, U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson made his second visit to the district in seven weeks to raise money and support for Republican Gabe Evans. Evans is challenging Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo. "We're In a battle for the future of America and, when you talk about the most important races in America, this is indeed a top-five race," Johnson told a crowd in Thornton recently. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
Donald Trump gets polling boost among women likely to decide election
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Donald Trump gets polling boost among women likely to decide election

By Martha McHardy  | Newsweek Donald Trump is seeing an increase in support among white women voters who do not have a college degree, a key demographic expected to play a decisive role in the upcoming election. According a PBS News/NPR/Marist poll, conducted between September 27 and October 1, Trump holds a 13-point lead among non-college educated white women, with 55 percent of the vote to Vice President Kamala Harris' 42 percent. The poll surveyed 1,294 likely voters and had a margin of error of ±3.7 percentage points. Newsweek has contacted the Trump and Harris campaigns for comment via email. READ THE FULL STORY AT NEWSWEEK
‘This thing is a long way from decided’: Carville predicts one candidate will carry swing states
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‘This thing is a long way from decided’: Carville predicts one candidate will carry swing states

By Zach LaChance | Washington Examiner Democratic strategist James Carville predicted that the swing states in the 2024 election will nearly all go to one candidate, rather than either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly winning the majority of them. Speaking on CNN, Carville was asked, “If it’s the economy, stupid,” why Harris isn’t ahead in the presidential race after recent positive economic news, including declining inflation and a stronger-than-expected jobs report. “You know, she’s slightly ahead. It’s not the election. These things tend to break one way or the other at the end. There’s seven swing states. The least likely result is they break 4-3. But I can’t stop the commentariat from saying it’s going to be ...
Can you stop calls and texts from political campaigns? Here’s the rules.
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Can you stop calls and texts from political campaigns? Here’s the rules.

By Samantha Jarpe | Fox 31 News If you have received a political text or call in recent weeks, you may be wondering how to make it stop, or what you can do to prevent them in the future. One thing that you may have heard of is the “National Do Not Call Registry,” which is an opt-in list created and run by the federal government. Registered telemarketers are legally not allowed to contact anyone on this list for sales purposes, and can face heavy fines for ignoring it. There is one notable exception: Political calls and texts. This means that campaigns or affiliated groups can contact people through calls or texts regardless of whether they consented to it, according to the Federal Communications Commission. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
Elon Musk to attend Trump Pennsylvania rally at site of assassination attempt
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Elon Musk to attend Trump Pennsylvania rally at site of assassination attempt

By Greg Norman  | Fox News Elon Musk says he will "be there to support" Donald Trump on Saturday when the former president returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, to hold a rally at the site where the first assassination attempt against him unfolded earlier this year.  The Republican presidential nominee is slated to speak on Oct. 5 at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in the suburb north of Pittsburgh.   "I will be there to support!" Musk wrote on X late Thursday in response to an image Trump shared promoting the upcoming event.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
Domenech: Kamala Harris embraces a Liz-Cheney-sized mistake
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Domenech: Kamala Harris embraces a Liz-Cheney-sized mistake

By Ben Domenech | Commentary, The Spectator Welcome to Thunderdome. Liz Cheney is campaigning with Kamala Harris today in Wisconsin at Ripon, known as the birthplace of the Republican Party at the Little White Schoolhouse. It was there in 1854 at a church meeting that Whig and Free Soil Party members gathered to form a “great irresistible Northern party, organized on the single issue of the non-extension of slavery.” This was even then pretty aggressive language for the Episcopalian who called the meeting, but not for Horace Greeley, who publicized it to the nation. Whatever Liz Cheney says today about how important it is to elect Kamala Harris will no doubt equal the historical significance of that moment, at least according to Rachel Maddow. But I’m here to tell you that thi...
[UPDATED] Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters given 9-year sentence by judge
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[UPDATED] Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters given 9-year sentence by judge

By Lindy Browning | Contributor, Rocky Mountain Voice Judge Matthew Barrett has sentenced Tina Peters, once the Mesa County clerk and recorder, to serve eight and a half years in prison with the Department of Corrections, and six months in the Mesa County Jail as a result of being found guilty on various election charges related to her former capacity. In a scathing rebuke of her defiant behavior after a guilty conviction, Barrett listed all the reasons that probation was not a possibility for Peters: “You are no hero… Yes, you are a charlatan… Incarceration is appropriate when a person is a danger to us all, by sword or by pen,” he said from the bench. Peters' attorney, Michael Edministor, asked the judge to consider a probated sentence, considering his client had exhibited a his...