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October 05, 2011 10:02 PM UTC
43 Comments
I think you should be asking your fellow Democrat legislators why they did not make sending ballots to inactive voters the law when they had the chance.
http://www.coloradopeakpolitic…
Apparently it’s only a problem when a Republican carries out the legislation your fellow Democrats passed. Curious, isn’t it?
just to make sure he does it ?
Show us where it prohibits sending ballots to inactive voters.
Funny how you never reply to that simple request.
Curious, isn’t it?
The law specifically says that ballots will be sent to active voters.
The law says what to do with voters who are not active. It says send a postcard.
Please actually read Gessler’s letter to the Denver clerk. This is very well explained.
That was Gessler’s idea “to save money”. I don’t think the law says that at all.
Why don’t you provide a specific citation?
I still don’t see where the law prohibits sending a ballot to inactive voters. Help me out here and show me.
Even though I specifically asked for that, you still haven’t managed to do so.
Please don’t judge us on our Arapa. We have his audition reel submitted to “The Tea Party Whisperer,” but until the expert gets back to us, we’ve given up on modifying his behavior and just mostly poke fun at him.
I can take it.
But she could always answer the question, too.
and chat with you in person because I’ve had a feeling for quite some time that you aren’t just our average blogger.
Are you allowed to blog on company, tax payer time? I’m just curious, of course…
I am NOT an employee of Scott Gessler or associated in any way with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
So, which department, that we tax payers are propping up, DO you work for?
which of our elected representatives are you and why do you have so much time on your hands?
And while I’m at it, can you try and do a bit more homework on some of your articles over at Colorado Peaks? They tend to be…well, wrong about half the time and I had big hopes for a halfway decent conservative blog being created in this state. Color me disappointed so far.
this comment, as long as we’re demanding answers left and right.
As usual, Peak Politics is wrong. Read the comment from Debra Johnson…it was not her decision. I guess it’s tough when you have to cheat to win!
Rep. Duran,
How can people not accuse you of “less than legitimate motivations” when the first time you make public comment on the issue is when you’re asking for money over it?
http://blogs.denverpost.com/th…
She even brought out some random troll named after Michelle Bachmann’s campaign manager who hasn’t posted since April!
Last time I posted here no one picked up on the reference. That was before Bachmann’s campaign and I guess it was too much to expect Polsters to remember he was Huckabee’s Campaign Chairman, or Reagan’s ’84 Campaign Manager for that matter.
Oh, and it has nothing to do with Crisanta being good, which she ain’t, but with the fact that an elected official published a diary making such an unbelievable claim, and dared anyone to challenge her.
Crisanta: answer the question. Other than this Pols diary, the only other thing you’ve done on the issue is use it for fundraising. How can people not see that as “less than legitimate motivation”?
Only when Democrats do it and the pitch goes to individuals, rather than corporations or Kochs?
I clicked your link and Crisanta’s pitch was for the House Majority Project and rightly pointed out that a Democratic majority in the CO house would be one good preventive measure for voters eager not to repeat the experience of having Colorado become a national poster child for minority voter suppression.
(A Secretary of State with some semblance of a conscience would be better, but I don’t think Crisanta is involved in any Secretary of State with Some Semblance of a Conscience Project activities.)
The Dems were in the majority when the election bill that didn’t include inactive voters passed.
I know you love to trash Peak Politics, but the article ArapaGOP linked to proves how foolish of a statement Crisanta made about a house majority.
“You think you know me…”
You can search all of my comments for Peak Politics and I doubt you’ll find a mention. I’ve visited their site a total of once, when I saw an interesting headline fly by in the Twitter feed embedded on Pols. Frankly, I have no idea whether or not I like their editorial voice (I’ve been known to enjoy a good conservative blog from time to time, so it’s not impossible) because the page design and color scheme were so annoying I haven’t been back.
I’ll leave it to the Polsters who bothered reading the article to disprove it, as it seems that the law did NOT say that ballot access should be restricted, and that Gessler made up the postcard thing out of his silly, crooked little brain. As has been said in this thread already, the law apparently was not written keeping in mind that someone with absolutely no sense of shame might soon be elected SoS and exploit any available loophole to disenfranchise minority voters.
or Patsy singing I fall to pieces
Me.
I also noted that he registered on April Fool’s Day.
I just couldn’t see arguing with a fool.
And not have this be a drive-by post. (Note to the major fans of Crisanta – I’m politely hoping!)
I’ll donate to a drive-by when monkeys fly out of my ass.
This is the sixth or seventh time you losers attacked excellent legislators for “drive-by”s that I know of (there were probably many more)– Morgan Carroll, Jared Polis, Daniel Kagan, Senator Bennet, Monisha Merchant, Diana DeGette, and now Crisanta Duran. Just because these legislators don’t waste all of their time on blogs is a feather in their cap, not a dis. I admire and respect them for their consistent research on issues and voting to represent the people rather than large corporate interests. I’d rather have them do their jobs than hang out here all the time, and you should to.
Get a life, please. Better yet, call one of them up and volunteer.
…when someone posts an article on CPols without interaction, it’s really nothing different than writing an editorial for the Denver Post that gets read all over town, but with no back-and-forth or questions taken
I love politicians that do townhalls because they get themselves out there, and similarly, CPols carries a strong townhall feel, but with the convenience of the internet
Yes – CPols is NOT an easy place to take questions – many of the posters are intelligent, well read, and some are just downright mean – but if you can take heat at CPols, you can take it anywhere
Last point – when I ran for State Treasurer, every newspaper editor I met in Colorado made a point to THANK me for writing on CPols and responding to questions
There are things out there that develop streetcred and gain respect
Answering questions with honesty is one of them
times 1000.
Blogs are two way streets. You can’t be bothered to answer questions and interact with us? Then at the very least do something to indicate why you won’t. Maybe register as “The Office of Rep. So&So,” or have one of those “paid for” notices at the end of the diary. Or heck, just say “I’m sorry that I won’t be able to answer your questions, but please be assured that we are reading your comments and appreciate your feedback.”
Unless they do that, we have every right to expect some interaction. Polis, for one, used to do that. I’ve seen recent comments from Morgan Carroll, too – she’s a regular.
Sounds like a great idea. I’m just a little tired of a couple of people shouting “drive-by” because our legislators have something better to do that recheck the comments on their diary every four hours. Crisanta took two days. In a legislator’s busy life, there is nothing wrong with that, IMHO.
To Crisanta — thank you for all you do for CO. You’re wonderful.
and she is due respect for it.
Don’t be too hard on the people calling “drive by.” It’s happened many times over the years, and usually the non-driveby pols get back to us faster.
I highly recommend answering everyone’s questions above
With love and peace – ALI
Happy Friday Colorado Pols! It has been a busy few days, to be sure, and I thank those of you who have been reasonable and patient in waiting for a response.
Statements in need of a response:
1. “I think you should be asking your fellow Democrat (sic) legislators why they did not make sending ballots to inactive voters the law when they had the chance.” – coloradopeakpolitics
Although I was not serving in the legislature at the time, it appears as though there was discretion given to the Clerks to determine what methods were necessary to ensure voters had access to the ballot, depending on the needs of their particular county. In this instance, I would defer to the Republican Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner who said that for her particular county, she felt as though it would be best to reach out to these voters through other means than mail. She stated in the Grand Junction Sentinel, “I had made a decision early on not to include the inactive voters because it wasn’t required. But I have to agree with the Denver County Clerk and Recorder that the statute requirements are only a minimum, and in many areas clerks often go over and above depending on the needs of their counties.”
Although she didn’t mail to these voters directly, she agreed that the Denver Clerk and Recorder had the discretion to do so.
2. How can people not accuse you of “less than legitimate motivations” when the first time you make public comment on the issue is when you’re asking for money over it? – Ed Rollins
Mr. Rollins, this was actually not the first time that I made public comment on the issue. The first time was in an Associated Press article by Ivan Moreno. In the article I stated that Secretary Gessler’s actions were “outrageous.” I think I’ve been pretty clear in quite a few forums — including right here on Pols –that the Secretary’s actions would hurt registered voters, especially members of our armed services serving abroad, the elderly, low-income and minority voters.
But to get to the heart of what I think your real question is, there is no doubt that the vast majority of efforts and legislation from across the country that is intended to restrict access to the ballot are coming from Republicans. Just this week, an article published by the New York Times reported that the Brennan Center for Justice estimates that due to the reforms passed primarily by Republicans, it could be significantly harder for 5 million people to cast ballots in 2012.
Finally, nowhere in the diary did I state that I was accused of “less than legitimate motivations.” However, I did state that Secretary Gessler said in a press conference that he was “disappointed” that some would use the “race card.” The fact that Gessler was boiling the critique down to a red herring argument that people were playing “the race card” is what concerned me. It struck me as a way for him to shrug off the real impacts, especially because it’s clear that his order would not just hurt minorities, but the men and women serving our country abroad, the elderly and low-income voters would be disproportionately impacted too.
I’d like to finish with this: I’m thrilled with the decision today by Judge Whitney. And while there’s much work still to be done, this was a good day for Denver voters, and for Colorado. This will give thousands of legal voters the opportunity to have their voice heard, and ballots counted.
Don’t take the grumbling too personally, but if you stick around and post more diaries, I would suggest including in your original post an expectation of when you’ll be able to come back to answer questions. That will forestall complaints, provided you do come back 🙂 and a woman of your grace and good humor certainly couldn’t be intimidated into avoiding that by our little group, right?
I learn something new everyday and I will definitely be back. Thanks for the advice. Have a great weekend!
Be careful, it’s addictive, you may have noticed Ali still can’t manage to leave us even though he’s neither in Colorado nor in politics anymore 😉 You may find yourself browsing on your phone during interminable floor sessions, checking comments during constituent contact events, tripping over an unexpected crack in the sidewalk as you canvass because you just HAD to see what PCG said on Pols today RIGHT NOW — OK, probably not that last one.
in our little cybernetic asylum.
I look forward to hearing from you again.