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Common Cause of Colorado, et al. v. Buescher
A coalition of voting rights groups sued the Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman (who, upon leaving office, was replaced by Brian Buescher) claiming he illegally removed over 27,000 voters from the rolls. They filed a temporary restraining order to get those names reinstated and to ensure additional names cannot be removed before Election Day.
The Brennan Center filed a brief amici curiae in Sampson v. Buescher defending Colorado’s reporting and registration requirements for ballot issue committees.
Colorado Right to Life Committee v. Davidson
This case, filed in July 2003, involved a challenge to Colorado’s regulation of electioneering communications.
Sean Combs & Russell Simmons Team Up
Last week, the stars got together to record voting PSAs, and the ads have been placed in several key states….
We don’t need more reasons to worry about foreclosure rates. Digby, nonetheless, citing this AP/CBSnews.com
story, provides one: the affect foreclosures could have on voting rolls….
Ten Best Practices to Increase Women and Minority Jurists
Brennan Center releases Improving Judicial Diversity, a revealing examination of the appointive systems in ten states.
Court to Coffman: No More Purging
The Court today again told Secretary of State Mike Coffman to cease and desist from any additional removal of names from registration lists before Election Day.
Colorado District Court Judge Orders Secretary of State to Cease and Desist Voter Purges
Voting rights groups asked a District Court judge to order the Secretary of State to cease and desist all cancellations between now and November 4th. The order was granted this afternoon.
Letter to Secretaries of State re: Premier Voting Systems
Joint letter to 31 Secretaries of State where Premier voting systems are in use regarding product defect and recommending rigorous ballot accounting procedures.
Letter to Secretaries of State re: iVotronic “Vote Flipping”
Joint letter from the Brennan Center for Justice and Verified Voting urging 16 Secretaries of State to make voters aware of reported “vote flipping” problems on iVotronic voting machines in use in their states.
Letter to Mike Coffman, Colorado’s Secretary of State
Letter sent to Secretary regarding potential disenfranchisement of voters whose registration forms do not contain an unnecessary checkmark.
This page features Colorado judicial ads of 2010.
Colorado residents have a right to know
Big money dominates the ballot-measure process in Colorado and California: what would it take to make the financing of statewide ballot measure campaigns more transparent?
Proof of Citizenship Requirements; Chart of State Legislation
In the current session (2009–2010), legislators across the country have begun to propose proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration. The chart here, last updated on 12/2/2009, sets forth the known bills and their current status.