Comment on Proposed Colorado ballot measure comes up short – waaay short

Saja Hindi, Denver Post: Politics
Tue, 08/04/2020 - 2:55pm

Proposed Colorado ballot measure comes up short – waaay short

Advocates of a proposed Colorado ballot measure for expunging nonviolent criminal offenses only turned in 255 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office by the petition deadline Monday. They needed at least 124,632 to qualify, raising the question of why organizers submitted signatures at all. Designated representatives Stephen and Paul Ball did not return requests for comment Monday and Tuesday. The deficit made it an easy call for elections officials to deem the petition insufficient Monday. Related Articles Effort to expunge criminal records in Colorado turns in signatures Ransomware feared as possible saboteur for November election Paid family leave backers turn in signatures, but measure to raise taxes on wealthiest Coloradans won’t make ballot Cratering economy offsets Wall Street gains in 2020 campaign With election 100 days away, just 32% of Americans are supportive of Trump’s approach on the coronavirus, AP poll finds The proposed ballot measure called for a process that would allow individuals who completed their criminal sentences, were not convicted, or were granted clemency to expunge their records within a certain period of time. This is not the first time a group submitted signatures far below the number required to qualify. At the end of last year, organizers of an effort to recall President Leroy Garcia, a Pueblo Democrat, needed needed 13,506 signatures to force a vote, the last of a summer of failed recall attempts against Democrats.

 

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