by Rob Larimer Published: May 21,2012
Tags: city clerk, Colorado Springs, elections, Katheryn Young, Sarah Johnson
City officials announced over the weekend that they have hired a city clerk, a position that has been without a permanent appointment since July when former City Clerk Kathryn Young retired. Sarah Johnson was chosen after a two-month recruitment period in which more than 97 people applied, officials said. Johnson has 18 years of elections [...] [...]
Colorado Democrats have prevailed so far on a proposal to stiffen penalties for people who lie about elections to suppress the vote. Now the proposal faces a tougher hurdle in a committee controlled by the GOP. The bill makes it a felony to intentionally lie about an election with the “intent to prevent a person [...] [...]
by Staff Writer Published: April 8,2011
Tags: city clerk, elections, kathryn young
It could very well be a first in Colorado election history: A city clerk calls it quits on election night with votes left uncounted and a message to voters: Check back tomorrow. The unusual move leaves a slew of unanswered questions. Exactly how many votes were left uncounted? Why were conflicting vote-count reports issued throughout [...] [...]
Real estate broker and political newcomer Steve Bach will face downtown businessman and former city councilman Richard Skorman in the final contest to become the city’s first strong mayor. According to preliminary polling results, the two claimed the most votes for strong mayor in the city’s spring mail-in ballot election, which came to an end [...] [...]
Air Force members can now register to vote at the new voting office at Peterson Air Force Base. The office opened this week and will initially be staffed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Air Force officials say they hope to have it staffed full-time eventually. Military personnel and civilians can both register there. A law passed [...] [...]
On the final day of Senate campaigning, both candidates are concentrating where the most votes are – along the Front Range. Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck both were hitting the Denver area Monday on the eve of a close election. Buck was traveling in the opposite direction, starting in Fort Collins and [...] [...]
Democratic and Republican party leaders put on their best game faces Monday, making 11th hour arguments on the eve of midterm elections that seem certain to curb if not end Democratic control of Congress. “We’re hoping now for a fresh start with the American people,” said GOP chairman Michael Steele. “If we don’t live up [...] [...]
For TV viewers, this cutthroat election year is a riot of attack ads and media saturation made possible by big-money donors. For TV stations, it’s a stimulus package. One research group expects TV political spending to hit a record $3 billion. The windfall may continue well past Election Day because regular advertisers are getting squeezed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 27,2010
Tags: elections, Obama, unemployment
Economy is destiny for the Democrats and President Barack Obama, who began his campaign week in Rhode Island, where unemployment is measured at 11.5 percent. He has stops planned in Pennsylvania (at 9 percent), Illinois (9.9 percent) and Ohio (10 percent) before Election Day. Just as striking as the jobless figures is the calculation that [...] [...]
One in three people has yet to lock onto a choice in the Nov. 2 congressional elections, according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll. Yet in this year of the fed-up voter, even these folks offer little hope to Democrats. Despite record political spending and months of frenzied campaigning, one-third of likely voters remain steadfastly undecided [...] [...]
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