March 29, 2012 05:07 PM UTC

Dems Call Gessler Out on Voter Status Bill

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• by: Alexei

Secretary of State Scott Gessler opposed bipartisan legislation that would resolve the “Inactive Voter – Failed to Vote” during a House Local Government Committee hearing yesterday leading to the bills defeat on a party-line vote despite the House sponsor being a Republican anit passing the Senate with GOP support.

Shortly after Colorado Democratic Chairman Rick Palacio held a press conference calling for Gessler to be removed from office. While not announcing any specific actions, he did respond to a reporter’s question about a potential recall, “That would be one option.”

The Denver paper’s story on the subject can be found here

My opinion is that, while opposing this bill is indicative of Gessler’s partisan running of his office, he has done far worse so far as SoS and has a laundry list of things to be recalled for. The Dems should have been on this war path some time ago.