New election rules clear the way for Beauprez to drop out
Just a few days ago, I wrote that I wasn't buying the rumors about how Both Ways Bob Beauprez was dropping out of the governor's race due to low poll numbers and abysmal fundraising.
Today, it looks like I may have to eat my words. An article in today's Rocky reports:
Votes cast for candidates who drop out of a race up to 18 days before an election now will go to the person chosen by their party to replace them on the ballot.
The new rule, adopted Thursday by the Colorado secretary of state, will be in effect during the November general election.
Our Republican secretary of state, Gigi Dennis, has already come under fire for approving election changes dictated by the Colorado GOP. It's not a huge stretch to say that this new rule exists solely to give a failing Beauprez campaign the option to drop out of the race as late as October so the GOP can run - oh, I don't know - McInnis or Norton.
Or perhaps the Holtzman backers will get to vote for their boy after all.
Today, it looks like I may have to eat my words. An article in today's Rocky reports:
Votes cast for candidates who drop out of a race up to 18 days before an election now will go to the person chosen by their party to replace them on the ballot.
The new rule, adopted Thursday by the Colorado secretary of state, will be in effect during the November general election.
Our Republican secretary of state, Gigi Dennis, has already come under fire for approving election changes dictated by the Colorado GOP. It's not a huge stretch to say that this new rule exists solely to give a failing Beauprez campaign the option to drop out of the race as late as October so the GOP can run - oh, I don't know - McInnis or Norton.
Or perhaps the Holtzman backers will get to vote for their boy after all.
2 Comments:
"Both Ways Bob" to "No Way Bob"? Curiouser and curiouser! If the Rs think they can call a do-over at this late date, I think they will only succeed in looking even more lame than they already do in this race.
Could it really be??
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