Leaders of Color Collaborative (LCC), a coalition of directors of color from Colorado progressive organizations, released the Racial Justice Ballot Guide Thursday.
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Progressive & Conservative Groups–and News Outlets–Issue Guides to Help You Navigate Colorado Ballot
Colorado ballots are being sent out to all registered voters. With ballots come ballot guides, and the Colorado Times Recorder has compiled a list of major Colorado voter guides that have been released by progressive and conservative organizations as well as by media outlets and the state of Colorado.
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FACT CHECK: Would a National Popular Vote Give Colorado’s Votes to California?
Proposition 113 asks Colorado voters to approve adding the state to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). States signed to the NPVIC would pledge their electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote, but only if their combined number of electoral votes totaled more than 270. Including Colorado, that number is currently at 196 electoral votes.
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The NRA Spent Between $45,000 and $58,000 Supporting Gardner on Facebook Last Month
Since the beginning of September, the National Rifle Association (NRA) spent approximately $10,000 weekly on Facebook ads in support of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. The ads have been viewed around three million times.
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Activists Light Up the Exterior Wall of Gardner’s Office Building with the Words “Fire Pendley”
In a protest calling for the complete removal of William Perry Pendley from any position at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Progress Now Colorado, a progressive advocacy organization, used a powerful projector to beam the phrase “FIRE PENDLEY” on the building housing the office of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO).
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CO Dems and Local Activists Respond to Forced Hysterectomies of Detained Immigrants
Democratic members of Colorado’s Senate and House are calling for a congressional investigation into a whistleblower complaint filed earlier this month stating that immigrants received forced hysterectomies while detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Georgia.
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CTR Readers Respond: State Senate Candidate Lynn Gerber is Latest CO Republican to Support QAnon
Below are comments in response to the Colorado Times Recorder’s article last month titled, “State Senate Candidate Lynn Gerber is Latest CO Republican to Support QAnon”
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Gardner Shuns Protesters’ Demand That He Delay Vote for RBG Replacement
Hours after protesters gathered outside his Denver office Monday demanding that he hold his vote on a Supreme Court Justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) released a statement that he would vote to confirm a “qualified nominee” for the Supreme Court Justice put forward by Trump.
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Virtual Trainings Aim to Support Coloradans Dealing With Eviction and Paid Leave During Pandemic
“I just want to start off this training by saying that this is not the world that I want,” said Jason Legg. “The rules and laws I’m going to talk about are how the world is right now.”
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Hickenlooper Launched the First Spanish-Language Ad of CO Senate Race
The first Spanish-language advertisement of the Senate race between former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Senator Cory Gardner was released by Hickenlooper on Aug. 18.