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Colorado- Democrat lawmakers are trying to make it harder to recall elected officials

Colorado Peak Politics

Democrat lawmakers want to add more rules for Coloradans to follow to make it harder to recall elected officials.

Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg of Boulder calls it voter education.

We call it manipulating voters by introducing bias into the process to protect those officials under fire.

Debbie Teeter, who was part of the effort to recall the mayor of Westminster over water rates, told Channel 7 the process is already complicated enough.

She questioned why lawmakers are so afraid they want to make a tough process even harder.

It’s a legitimate question.

Under Fenberg’s bill, petitioners would be prohibited from making false statements on the petition, although it’s unclear who the fact checker would be. Facebook, perhaps? more

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