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Six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs should be kept off the Republican primary ballot this year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that — if upheld — could end the longtime conservative lawmaker’s congressional career.
The ruling finds in favor of a lawsuit that contended Lamborn didn’t properly petition his way onto the ballot because of problems with those he hired to gather signatures for his re-election bid.
You mean he used a firm from outside Colorado
Or they hired people from outside the state?
I can't read the link--paywall
The Denver District Court ruled that one of the gatherers was not a resident, and invalidated 58 signatures he collected. It found that the other — who had gathered more 269 signatures — was.
But the Colorado Supreme Court, which reviewed the case upon appeal, rejected the lower court’s ruling on the residency of the second gatherer, Ryan Tipple, which was based off the legal theory that he intended to move to the state.
“Tipple’s stated intent to live in Colorado in the future is relevant only if he has a fixed habitation in Colorado to which he presently intends to return,” the Supreme Court’s ruling said. “The record reveals none. … All of the objective record evidence regarding his residency at the time he circulated the petition for the Lamborn Campaign indicated that his primary place of abode was in California.”
The ruling left Lamborn 58 signatures short of 1,000.
Yes--got it to open--thanks though
Found this comment interesting “The Colorado Supreme Court just provided an avenue to have a federal court strike down residency requirements for candidate circulators,” Deputy Colorado Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert said in a statement
You don't usually see someone happy (?) to have its Supreme Court leave open an opportunity for a FEDERAL court to rewrite its Constitution...
And I bet that does not happen for this case...
Sloppy work on the part of the firm he hired to do the canvassing...
Wonder if it was someone in his own campaign who failed to do proper oversight==ouch!
Given the size of his district (which seems solid GOP) what percentage is 1000 signatures?
Yes--got it to open--thanks though
Found this comment interesting “The Colorado Supreme Court just provided an avenue to have a federal court strike down residency requirements for candidate circulators,” Deputy Colorado Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert said in a statement
You don't usually see someone happy (?) to have its Supreme Court leave open an opportunity for a FEDERAL court to rewrite its Constitution...
And I bet that does not happen for this case...
Sloppy work on the part of the firm he hired to do the canvassing...
Wonder if it was someone in his own campaign who failed to do proper oversight==ouch!
Given the size of his district (which seems solid GOP) what percentage is 1000 signatures?
Not sure if someone not registered with the party can sign, but as of the end of March there were a little over 182,000 Registered Republicans in the district (almost double the amount of Democrats).
The district is centered around Colorado Springs, and Trump won it by 24 so should be very safe for the GOP, but this is certainly a big screw up, especially for someone who has been in Congress for almost 12 years.
Never understood this rule. I guess it's a way to keep from having 3,000 names on the ballot , but meh.
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