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Colorado considering big campaign finance changes

by Associated Press Published: December 15,2011

Tags: campaign finance laws, Colorado, regulation, Secretary of State

Campaign finance changes suggested by Colorado’s divisive Republican elections chief are up for public review. Secretary of State Scott Gessler has suggested increasing the amount of money an issue committee can raise before it has to report contributions to the state. Gessler also wants to limit some campaign-finance fines and loosen rules for how much [...] [...]

Colorado Secretary of State slashes business fees

by Associated Press Published: October 27,2011

Tags: business fees, Colorado, Secretary of State

Secretary of State Scott Gessler is slashing fees on business filings to boost jobs. Gessler said Thursday the state already has some of the lowest fees in the nation. The new fees will be effective Nov. 1. The biggest cut will be for nonprofit organizations, which are being cut from $50 to $20. Several other [...] [...]

Colo. fee holiday for out-of state businesses

by Associated Press Published: August 17,2011

Tags: business licenses, fee holiday, Secretary of State

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is offering a fee holiday for out-of-state businesses. For three months starting Sept. 1, the Secretary of State will temporarily reduce fees from $125 to $1. The Secretary of State’s office is almost exclusively funded through business filing fees, but he says his office can absorb the fee reduction [...] [...]

Secretary of State to transfer overpayments

by Associated Press Published: June 9,2011

Tags: gessler, Secretary of State

Secretary of State Scott Gessler is transferring $485,000 of unclaimed overpayments to the Colorado treasurer. [...]

Gessler keeping $3.5M slated to balance budget

by Associated Press Published: January 26,2011

Tags: Scott Gessler, Secretary of State, state budget

Secretary of State Scott Gessler plans to keep $3.5 million that his predecessor had offered to state lawmakers to help balance the budget. The Denver Post reports that Gessler, a Republican, wants to use some of the money to fight identity theft. The money at issue is from a fund generated by fees on business [...] [...]

Secretary of state challenger tied to fine

by Associated Press Published: October 12,2010

Tags: Scott Gessler, Secretary of State

A Republican challenging Colorado’s secretary of state worked for a group facing hefty state fines for reporting errors. Scott Gessler is a lawyer whose specialty is elections law. The Denver Post reported Tuesday that Gessler was the registered agent for the Colorado Independent Auto Dealers Association political committee, which faces a $528,000 fine for not [...] [...]

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