Gov. Ritter and a group of bipartisan lawmakers today announced new legislation for conducting the 2008 elections by using paper ballots at polling places while maintaining voter choice through options such as early or absentee mail voting.
State Rep. David Balmer (R-Centennial) filed legislation Wednesday morning authorizing Secretary of State Mike Coffman to rescind his decertification of most of the state's electronic voting machines and allow Coffman to retest the machines.
"I was thrilled with the decision, and hopefully Colorado follows suit. I think as we see more states make these decisions, we will begin to lose a lot of our gay and lesbian population if we don't follow suit."
-- Congressional candidate Jared Polis, reacting to the California state Supreme Court's decision overturning state laws banning same-sex marriage.