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Evan Semón
In the late 1800s, Presbyterian ministers came up with the idea of establishing a “Princeton of the West” in the Denver area. Henry J. Mayham, a native of New York who’d moved to Colorado, realized that land he owned between Denver and Boulder might increase in value if a Presbyterian university was set up nearby, so he donated 640 acres of land to the Denver Presbytery.
Forty acres of that donation would be used for the campus of Westminster University, eighty acres for a farm to support and feed the school, and the rest divided up and sold for the predicted community that would develop around the project.
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Scott Gessler, former Colorado Secretary of State and attorney for the Westminster Water Warriors, filed a lawsuit in January against the city of Westminster for disqualifying recall petitions. The Warriors’ right to try and recall members of Westminster City Council was “unconstitutionally hindered and violated,” the suit said.
Less than a month later, Gessler announced his candidacy for chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Soon after, he began sending campaign emails to supporters bolstering the debunked claim that Donald Trump wrongfully lost the 2020 election because of voter fraud. “We must recognize that serious election fraud took place,” read an email dated Feb. 4.
Colorado politics and lawmaker recalls
Recalls have become a more popular tool in Colorado politics lately. A bill in the legislature could change the process Author: Marshall Zelinger Updated: 9:23 PM MDT May 11, 2021
DENVER Recalls have often been used as a political strategy in Colorado. Lately, those facing recalls believe the concept has been watered down. It s more times about a vote that they took on a particular issue, it may not be anything to do with political ideology at all, but something that deals with something that people get emotional about, said former Westminster Mayor Herb Atchison.
Atchison just resigned as Westminster mayor. His resignation letter said it was upon the advice of my physician. He was also facing a recall election that just got certified for the ballot.
Colorado lawmakers consider making changes to how recall elections work in the state
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DENVER â Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill to tweak the way elections will run in the state. Bill co-sponsor Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, says the bill offers a number of technical changes but is also aimed at making voting in Colorado even easier.
âIn Colorado we have a really good and well-functioning, assessable election system. We, just about every year, run a bill that takes lessons learned from the previous election, and we try to make little tweaks to ensure that our election system is running better,â said Fenberg.