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August 23, 2006 10:33 PM UTC
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The role of the Secretary of State is to make rules to enforce laws passed by the legislature (or the voters in cases of initiatives). She has no authority to “create” laws where they do not already exist.
Having now had to read and digest her Aug 2nd rulemaking decisions, it does seem to me she has created some law that did not previously exist in statute.
Her “clarification” of the exemption of volunteer time as a campaign contribution is simply not backed up by statute. Neither is the portions that deal with small donor committees.
Regardless of how anyone feels about the small donor committees, they are regulated by statute and the Sec. of State does not have the authority to add regulations beyond those in statute.
Why does Gigi hate democratic participation? Oh, right. The Republicans are on the roaps and need all the help they can get. This is a clear instance of abuse of poer. More than that, it shows a lack of conscience and character. Need I say more?
Secretarial (of State) Activisim….
The Secretary of State was appointed by the Executive of the State, so whatever she does has to be legal.
Why should we expect more from an Owen’s 11th hour appointment?
If she were a guy would you call her by her first name? How about “Dennis?”
We just use whichever seems more appropriate in a sentence. I mix “Ed” and “Perlmutter” in my sentences just to keep things lively.
Or we could just genericize it to “The Trailhead-Appointed Colorado Secretary Of State”, but that doesn’t fit well in a headline.
Most of us call Beauprez “Both Ways Bob.” Even the repubs on this site do (many of them, anyway). It just rolls off the keyboard, ya know?
BB fan but I’m thinking we R’s can come up with a nickname for the D’s choice.
How about Second Choice Ritter?
Or Back Up Choice Ritter?
Or Plea Bargain Ritter?
I kinda like Second Choice Ritter as his name wasn’t even mentioned here for months when the Holy Hickenlooper was teasing yall……………..
Governor Ritter?
….Pro-Choice Ritter?
After all, it was a Republican (a bit extreme but a principled Republican) who coined the nickname “Both Ways.” Of course Republicans use it almost as much as Dems do.
How do you actually enforce something like this? Do volunteers have to “clock in” pay them virtual minumum wage and then if they exceed their $400 limit they are no longer allowed to volunteer?
This is custom made to make good old fashoined campaigning next to impossible! Unless you have the money to run nasty attack ads, and 11th hour mailings and tv spots you are screwed!
F*ck you Gigi.
This ruling will not stand because it is a clear violation of the first amendment. This over reaching will likely get all of the other rules thrown out as well.
So what will happen with the vaunted 96 hour teams that the Rs have used in the past. All those folks were paid (most from out of state), that would seem to compound the contribution issue as the funds used to pay the ‘volunteers’ can be originally sourced to contributers who have maxed out.
…….Let’s continue to allow union bosses decide how the 1st Amendment applies to their members.
I need to research whether the SOS opinion is consistent with current law, but nonetheless, you guys need to admit that union small donor committees amount to a shakedown of its members.
A shakedown? What do you know about unions? strength in numbers? collective bargaining?
When you join a union, you pay “union dues,” which goes towards administrative costs, including the ability for the union to lobby and participate in the political arena in favor the entire union.
It’s a part of being in a union. FROM THEM TO WORK FOR YOUR BENEFIT.
…And who determines whom is benefited? Union bosses of course.
Fit’s in well with the Democrat theory of government.
seems typical of the new, less compassionate branch of the Republican Party. Your demonizing attitude and that of others in the party is part of why I left – the other part being the takeover of the party by a group of people who blaspheme the meaning of a religion I take very seriously.
Without unions, we’d still be working a 60-80 hour work week. Without unions, we’d probably be paying our teachers minimum wage by now. Without unions, America’s workforce would be significantly reduced by injuries caused by lax safety standards.
“who determines who is benefited?” The State Legislature and Governor get to pass the laws and ratify them, respectively. Not the Secretary of State, and certainly not the Secretary of State under orders from the Beauprez campaign and the Trailhead Group.
Once again a Radical Republican shill demonstrates why the current Republican philosophy shouldn’t run the government: because it doesn’t understand the workings of government, and therefore it has no repsect for government.
Gigi’s actions hurt Mike Coffman, most of all. People will be voting AGAINST Gigi when they vote for Ken.
I’m not sure the average voter has really knows what the SOS does or understands or cares about campaign finance laws. Unless Coffman and Gordon run TV ads, only those of us depraved enough to be interested will know what’s up.
And in this election, the (R)s are going to have a hard time rallying the grassroots, so what do they lose by rolling the dice. The cost of defending this decision will be borne by the State, the cost of challenge will take money from the (D)s. I would expect the same type of thing to show up soon in voter eligibility.
Of course this is crossing the line. It’s just another example of Republican election officials doing everything in their power to help their candidates win when they ought to be devoted to well run, fair, honest elections. This is one more reason why it’s so important to elect Ken Gordon Secretary of State. The democratic process is his passion. As State Senate majority leader he has proven his integrity time and again. If we want an election process above reproach from start to finish, let the chips fall where they may, we need to elect Ken Gordon.