Colorado Republicans Want to Change Election and Voting Rules
This session, Republican lawmakers have introduced five election-related bills regarding citizenship, recount requests and repealing automatic mail ballots. Democrats say the proposals are voter suppression tactics.
Saja Hindi, The Denver Post
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February 22, 2021
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(TNS) — By all official accounts, Colorado's 2020 elections went smoothly, were secure and saw a record number of votes cast, but the lingering national conversations around voting security and access are still playing out in statehouses across the U.S. — Colorado included.
Republican lawmakers in Colorado are still not convinced that the elections are secure enough, and have introduced five election-related bills so far this session. Democrats call the proposals little more than voter suppression tactics or an appeal to the Republican base, and are offering up their own proposals to expand voting access and implement ranked-choice voting.