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Colorado judge denies Scott Gessler on "inactive voters" lawsuitJanuary 21, 2013 - Denver Post A Colorado state district court judge on Monday ruled that state law allows county clerks the authority to send ballots to "inactive failed to vote" voters in mail-in-only elections...Scott Gessler sued Denver County Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson in 2011 for sending mail ballots to such so-called "inactive" voters. District Court Judge Edward D. Bronfin ruled against Gessler — an election-law attorney — saying that Johnson's interpretation of the law is correct Read full article (Denver Post website)Keywords: election, inactive voters, lawsuit, vote suppression Scott Gessler is always right...right?January 10, 2013 - Westword At 9:36 a.m. on August 28, Minerva Padron, an administrative assistant to Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, answered a call to the office's election number. On the other end of the line was an agitated male who said he wanted to talk to someone about letters that Gessler had sent to nearly 4,000 registered voters whom he suspected might not be American citizens, urging the suspected immigrants to offer proof that they were legal citizens — or otherwise remove themselves from the voter rolls. Read full article (Westword website)Keywords: conflict of interest, fear mongering, inactive voters, partisan, self-payment, theft, vote suppression Denver clerk sues Gessler over mailing ballots to inactive votersSeptember 19, 2012 - Denver Post Denver Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson on Wednesday sued Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, challenging a rule from his office that would block ballots from being mailed to inactive voters in city and school board elections. "The election rules adopted in August by the Colorado secretary of state prohibiting the mailing of ballots to inactive-failed-to-vote voters in nonpartisan and coordinated elections infringes on Denver's status as a home rule city and county," Johnson said in a statement. "We believe that the secretary of state is overstepping his authority by trying to control who gets ballots in local municipal elections. Read full article (Denver Post website)Keywords: inactive voters, lawsuit, vote suppression Gessler’s proposed changes to election rules draw heated objectionsJuly 26, 2012 - Colorado Independent Over the course of a five-hour rulemaking hearing Monday, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler probably got the message that a lot of people are unhappy with proposed rules that would stop county clerks from mailing ballots to inactive voters in some elections, change the way canvass boards are selected and give county clerks more power to determine how much access election watchers have. Read full article (Colorado Independent website)Keywords: campaign finance, conflict of interest, expanding government, fear mongering, inactive voters, vote suppression House Dems To Gessler: You Don't Make The LawJuly 23, 2012 - Colorado Pols To briefly recap, a state law requiring that mail ballots be delivered to all registered voters with a valid address expired after the 2010 election cycle. Gessler lost in court last fall attempting to stop Denver and Pueblo counties from sending these ballots, after which several other Colorado counties joined them. This year, Gessler helped kill legislation that would have clarified the status of inactive voters statewide and ensured they got mail ballots--because the "uniformity" Gessler wanted was on the side of fewer ballots being delivered. Read full article (Colorado Pols website)Keywords: fear mongering, inactive voters, minority voters, vote suppression Gessler Still Fighting With Denver Over BallotsJune 21, 2012 - Denver Post Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is still fighting with Denver election officials over mail ballots to inactive voters. Late last week, Gessler's office proposed a new rule that says clerks may not mail ballots to inactive voters in an election held with another political entity, which could affect November's presidential election. Read full article (Denver Post website)Keywords: inactive voters, vote suppression Denver Clerk, Secretary of State Gessler Spar Over Mailing BallotsJune 20, 2012 - Denver Post The secretary of state’s office said the rule proposed late last week clarifies that clerks may not mail ballots to inactive votersin a “coordinated” mail-ballot election, or a mail-ballot election held simultaneously with another political entity. It also states that inactive voters may not receive a mail ballotfor anyotherelection, with the exception of a primary, unless the voter submits an application for a mail ballot. Keywords: inactive voters, vote suppression Editorial: Common sense on ballot issueApril 13, 2012 - The Denver Post Given the recent dust-up with Secretary of State Scott Gessler over mail ballots going to "inactive/failed to vote" voters, some might have thought the issue had been resolved. Last October, a judgedeclined Gessler's request for a preliminary injunctionto prevent Denver from sending ballots to those classified as "inactive/failed to vote." They are defined as those who failed to participate in the prior general election and did not respond to two postcards from the elections clerk. Read full article (The Denver Post website)Keywords: inactive voters, vote suppression Lawmakers consider eliminating ‘inactive voter’ statusFebruary 22, 2012 - Fox 31 Secretary of State Scott Gessler is currently facing litigation from several county clerks, including Denver’s for his directive that they mail ballots only to ‘active’ registered voters Read full article (Fox 31 website)Keywords: election, inactive voters, vote suppression COLORADO'S WORST POLITICO, 2011: Secretary of State Scott GesslerJanuary 03, 2012 - ColoradoPols It's quite possible that this "award" could end up being permanently named for Gessler, who isn't likely to be much less of a disaster in 2012 than he was in 2011. Gessler has been WTF-awful since he was first elected in November 2010, using what has historically been a benign position to cause all sorts of unnecessary problems all across the state. Just how has Gessler erred? Let us count the ways: Read full article (ColoradoPols website)Keywords: ballot initiatives, campaign finance, conflict of interest, inactive voters, moonlighting, vote suppression Colorado Secretary of State Gessler embraces being targeted over his push for reformsDecember 24, 2011 - The Denver Post I'm probably going to be in court more than any previous secretary of state, Gessler said, according to several people in the room. Read full article (The Denver Post website)Keywords: conflict of interest, inactive voters, moonlighting, vote suppression Brown: Scott Gessler, meet Natalie MeyerDecember 02, 2011 - The Denver Post Scott Gessler is also a Republican, but he really ought to talk to Natalie Meyer about how to run the secretary of state's office. "I think he got off to a very bad start," Meyer says Read full article (The Denver Post website)Keywords: campaign finance, election, inactive voters, minority voters, vote suppression Sec. State Gessler eyeing cost savingsDecember 01, 2011 - The Fort Morgan Times Gessler also said he wants to map out his office's procedures to make them more efficient, which may mean changes in rules or the statutory framework. That is why he is proposing a cost-saving package to the legislature this coming legislative session. Read full article (The Fort Morgan Times website)Keywords: campaign finance, expanding government, inactive voters Mail ballots are problematic, Gessler saysNovember 10, 2011 - The Pueblo Chieftain Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler on Wednesday expressed numerous concerns about the use of mail-in ballots. Read full article (The Pueblo Chieftain website)Keywords: inactive voters Turnout by Colorado voters listed as "inactive" rises after disputeNovember 02, 2011 - The Denver Post Those ballots were sent out after a months-long battle between Secretary of State Scott Gessler and Denver Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson over whether to mail them. Read full article (The Denver Post website)Keywords: inactive voters, minority voters, vote suppression Inactive voters playing major role in Pueblo County electionNovember 01, 2011 - The Colorado Independent Gessler’s order would have disproportionately affected minority voters. Gessler unveiled his new interpretation of state election law in September, just weeks before Election Day, telling clerks it was illegal for them to send ballots to inactive voters. Read full article (The Colorado Independent website)Keywords: inactive voters, minority voters, vote suppression Colorado probably only state where a registered voter isn’t guaranteed mail ballot after missing one electionOctober 21, 2011 - The Big Media Blog It seems crazy to me that in Colorado, you won’t necessarily get a ballot in the mail if you missed voting in just one election, and I haven’t seen much info reported locally on how other states deal with this issue. Read full article (The Big Media Blog website)Keywords: inactive voters, vote suppression A Win for Voters is Gessler's Second LossOctober 10, 2011 - Huffington Post Secretary Gessler's position is that mail ballots should be sent only to voters who voted in the last election, or to those who contact the County Clerk in writing or show up in person at the election office to specifically tell the county that they would like to receive a mail ballot. This could have effectively prevented thousands of Denver residents who would otherwise vote from doing so -- in the last Denver mail-ballot election, 6,138 of the 55,023 voters who did not participate in the prior election voted when mail ballots were sent to them. Under Secretary Gessler's plan, all of them would have been out of luck. Secretary Gessler claims this step is necessary to prevent "fraud," but there is absolutely no factual or logical connection between skipping a single election and voter fraud. Read full article (Huffington Post website)Keywords: election, inactive voters, vote suppression Rep. Charlie Gonzalez wants Justice Department to probe military ballot controversySeptember 30, 2011 - My San Antonio A Texas congressman urged the Justice Department to investigate actions by the Colorado secretary of state that he says will deny active duty military personnel the right to vote. Read full article (My San Antonio website)Keywords: inactive voters, minority voters, vote suppression Gessler: No to mailing ballots to inactive votersSeptember 30, 2011 - The Pueblo Chieftain U.S. Reps. Robert Brady, D-Pa., and Charles Gonzales, D-Texas, weighed in on the issue this week, sending a letter to the Justice Department that charged Gessler with trying to suppress voting in Denver County and Colorado. "What Secretary Gessler suggests is likely to disenfranchise eligible voters and should be condemned therefore," they wrote, adding they wanted an investigation of Gessler's actions. Read full article (The Pueblo Chieftain website)Keywords: election, inactive voters, minority voters, vote suppression Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler threatens to sue Denver over ballot flap involving inactive votersSeptember 19, 2011 - The Denver Post Jenny Rose Flanagan, director of Colorado Common Cause, was critical of Gessler."I think he's picking the wrong fight," she said. "These voters are eligible to vote and when we give them ballots, they vote." Read full article (The Denver Post website)Keywords: fear mongering, inactive voters, vote suppression |
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