.placeholder {} Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey and share what motivates them on political and personal levels. 	overflow-y: hidden; The breach led to claims by election conspiracy theorists about what they found on those hard drives  those have since been debunked. Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state. "It's an outrageous phenomenon.". Experience in Information Technology.and Data Security. Click [show] on the table below for examples: Following the 2020 presidential election, 60.4% of Coloradans lived in one of the state's 21 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 34.5% lived in one of 36 Solid Republican counties. 	margin: 8px auto; Anderson supports keeping the current election rules in place. } By and large, most of our state does utilize them.. 	display: block; The filing deadline was March 15, 2022. 			max-height: 580px;  	width: 50px; } .results_row { .inner_percentage.Democratic { I advocate proportional representation voting methods to secure fair, inclusive representation of a politically diverse population in elections for legislative offices. Instead, Karamo, whom the former president had supported in her secretary of state race, won. .outer_percentage { 	padding-bottom: 0px; })(); Jena Griswold  defeated incumbent Wayne W. Williams, Amanda Campbell, and Blake Huber in the  general election for Colorado Secretary of State on November 6, 2018. 	height: 100%; They're not compliant with 2021 standards. } 	width: 100% They hope to have a better shot with the party chair's support. Peters, a former businesswoman, was a political newcomer when she ran for clerk four years ago on a platform of reopening shuttered DMV offices. 	margin-bottom: 0px; He said counties should have more leeway in determining which types of machines to use, but that the states technology overall is overdue for an upgrade. 	max-width: 600px; 	margin-top: 0px; }  .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, 	font-weight: 200; 	margin-right: 12px; 	background-color: green; 		} 	font-weight: 300; Republicans lost every statewide race by double digits in November and have their smallest share of seats in the Legislature in state history. Eugene Patilio, in the guise of the Fabulous Frog-Man, somehow manages to defeat villains by clumsily bouncing into them. in Biology, Colorado State University-Pueblo, 2014. Jena Griswold  advanced  from the  Democratic primary for Colorado Secretary of State on June 26, 2018. 	} Put that pizza box in the trash. That was back when being a Republican actually meant something.        max-width: 500px; .results_text { While we proactively mail a ballot to every active eligible voter, the choice still remains for the voter if they wish to utilize that mail ballot or to go to a vote center anywhere in their county. } width: 50px; No, she's the one that has the security breaches, Peters said. School districts | 	height: 50px;    } var nTimer = setInterval(function() { With Tina Peters on the ballot, Colorados GOP Secretary of State primary paints stark differences over elections, News That Matters, Delivered To Your Inbox, Former clerk Pam Anderson wins GOP Secretary of State primary over indicted clerk Tina Peters, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, hundreds of ballots had never been collected, will not be allowed to run them this year either, The Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters election security controversy, explained, she's the one that has the security breaches, Republican Pam Anderson launches bid to unseat Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold, How to vote, whos running and more to know, move to an opt-out model of automatic voter registration, updated its requirements for voting equipment. margin-right: 10px; chevron.addClass('fa-chevron-down'); WebGuests include Colorado Secretary of State I'm organizing an event, "The Battle for Democracy" on Humanity Rising (global platform for sharing strategies). Peters, however, reveled in her national profile. A state government triplex refers to a situation where the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state are all members of the same political party. WebFebruary 15 - Colorado Secretary of States Office Sends Notice of Temporary Adoption and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Statutory Contribution Limits February 14   } The Post Office had raised the price of stamps and I would do it for the old rate. WebTobacco Free Colorado is a project of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments (CDPHE) State Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program. Anderson was the first Republican to get into the race and said she did so out of concern that the publics trust in elections is eroding, a shift she dates back to 2016 and the doubts Donald Trump sowed during his first bid for president. } 	top: 2px; PETERS: I will never plead guilty because Ive committed no crime  This is a political maneuver to color the minds of the voters to keep me out of the Secretary of States Office, she said.  There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude. } The AP is solely responsible for all content. } ", Last wek, on the podcast of Trump adviser Steve Bannon last week, Karamo said Michigan was "ground zero for the globalist takeover of the United States of America.". 	padding:7px 8px 8px; 	left: 0; What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline? .electionsectionheading { Colorado Secretary of State | 1700 Broadway, Suite 550, Denver CO 80290 | 303-894-2200, Terms & conditions | Browser compatibility. You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado. Anderson submitted petitions to get on the ballot. I just found it out., Peters said she wants the Secretary of States office to not to be so partisan and controversial.. Colorado last updated its requirements for voting equipment in 2015; any machines purchased after that point had to meet the new standards. The system they designed initially excluded 94% of the population from the right to representation, in a nation where 18% of the population was enslaved. Put that pizza box in the trash. .votebox_bp_logo { } How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Having machines that were as secure as we possibly could, would be important for the state moving forward.. She opposes Colorados 2019 expansion of automatic voter registration, which Anderson says has weakened the integrity of Colorados voter rolls, and is critical of a recent law change that requires clerks to keep sending ballots to voters who havent participated in multiple recent elections. 			overflow-y: auto; 	let item = jQuery('.votebox .indicate_scroll').get(index); The insurgent candidates running for Colorado's chair argue things can't get worse for the GOP in the state. 	font-size: 2em; Secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson speaks during a Colorado Republican Party press conference on Aug. 9, 2022. 	top: 0px; I've read all of the reports. 	margin-bottom:16px; .inner_percentage.Libertarian { 	margin-bottom: 0px; Survey responses from candidates in this race. 	font-style: italic; border-right: 1px solid #ddd; When my Dad hired me to hand-deliver bill payments by bicycle, around my hometown. So far, Peters has raised the most money  $166,000  of the Republican candidates. }. 	font-weight: 300; U.S. Congress | & Natural History Museum, London [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons / Text added & orientation modified from originalOrientation modified from original, Colorado Secretary of State | 1700 Broadway, Suite 550, Denver CO 80290 | 303-894-2200, Terms & conditions | Browser compatibility, Text added & orientation modified from original, New lobbyist registration / request login, More about Colorado's state symbols and emblems. And that would make me dangerous, cause I'm not afraid, she told CPR.  .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { Twitter: @fishnette							 That should be a portion of their experience, especially the aspect of serving the public, helping them to have Colorado work for them, rather than simply enFORCE laws and impose punishments. PETERS: She said use of mail-in ballots should be limited to people who cant vote in person because of physical disabilities or overseas voters, though she added if we can eliminate the fraud any other way, Im all for solutions. $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); 	width: 90%; Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years. Lieutenant Governor  ANDERSON: Shed keep the current system. 	color: #fff; chevron.removeClass('fa-chevron-up'); } 	padding-left: 0; Peters is just one of multiple candidates for the Colorado position who have repeated former President Donald Trump's lies that President Joe Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election. And it has been a little challenging because both sides tell me that I should drop out of the race because I'm stealing votes from either of them, he said. padding: 5px; .non_result_row div { 	z-index:1; .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { Jena Griswold. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) - 2N3PW6B  Subscribe today to see what all the buzz is about. 	margin-top: 1em; if (typeof VoterInfobyState_Toggle === 'undefined') { widget_load_check_jquery(); .panel-body {        border-top: 1px solid #ccc;   ODonnell got on the ballot through the GOP state assembly, although Peters won more support  and top billing on the ballot  through that process. Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Eugene Patilio is an aspiring superhero from Marvel Comics who has no superpowers. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said nonpartisan voters are and will become increasingly important for the Grand Canyon State, but he also worries about the state's political climate. Cities | Click on a candidate's name to visit their Ballotpedia page.  } The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.  } Colorado Secretary of State election, 2022, Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses, 2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines. Embracing election conspiracy theories was a political albatross for Republicans in states that weren't completely red last year, with deniers losing every statewide bid in the swing states of Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. .election_results_text { To consciously work solely for the good of the whole. People have gotten very used to that.         font-weight: normal !important; Arguably the most well-known and polarizing of the candidates is Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters who has garnered national attention for allegedly violating the security of her office in search of proof that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. Tech: Matt Latourelle  Nathan Bingham  Ryan Burch  Kirsten Corrao  Beth Dellea  Travis Eden  Tate Kamish  Margaret Kearney  Eric Lotto  Joseph Sanchez. VoterInfobyState_Resized = true;   Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? 	font-weight: 100; ANDERSON: She said she would like to examine rules on candidate and petition signature collection, as well as rules ballot signature verification.        font-weight: normal !important; 	padding-bottom: 3px;        color: white; .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { The program supports public health organizations, policymakers and advocates to implement tobacco cessation and prevention programs in Heading into the 2022 elections, there were 23 Republican triplexes, 18 Democratic triplexes, and nine divided governments where neither party held triplex control. The pre-amble of South Africa's constitution of 1996 incorporates the term "Unity in Diversity" as a central tenet of post-apartheid South Africa. Other aspects, especially a lawyer's career experience of using government power to have one client win, and all others lose, can actually be counterproductive. All but three states have a secretary of state. What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office? She said one of her goals is to help Coloradans to understand how evidence-based elections work. 	display: inline-block; Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. 	border-bottom: 1px solid grey; 		overflow-x: scroll; PETERS: She said she disagrees with how the clerks association has handled the Mesa County controversy that ensued after she allegedly allowed an unauthorized person access to voting equipment and a sensitive election system software update. 	width: 100%; 	display: block;