On Friday, May 15, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued Executive Order D 2020 065, temporarily suspending certain statutory requirements governing the distribution, signing, and certification of ballot measures for the November 2020 election. The Order would, among other things, permit campaigns for ballot measures that have titles set or pending before the Colorado Supreme Court to collect signatures electronically by e-mail or by mail, rather than requiring a petition circulator to obtain signatures in person. It would also give campaigns additional time to collect and submit the required number of signatures. The Order directed Colorado’s Secretary of State, Jena Griswold, to issue temporary rules to accommodate these changes. A coalition of business organizations immediately challenged the Order in court, questioning whether the Governor has the power to unilaterally alter the state’s election laws.
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2011 Mid-Session Colorado Legislative Update
By Andrew Schwartz on
We are past the half-way point of the 2011 Colorado legislative session, which began in early January and ends in early May. Several hundred bills have been proposed, and many have already been “postponed indefinitely” or voted down in committee or in a legislative chamber. Below are summaries of certain significant bills affecting Colorado real…