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May 12, 2016 12:00 PM UTC

Will Jon Keyser Finally Re-Appear at GOP Debates Today?

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UPDATE: KDVR is live-streaming this morning’s GOP Senate debate. Guess who showed up?

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Denver7 and the Denver Post both had new stories Wednesday on the ongoing ballot fraud scandal involving the Senate campaign of Republican Jon Keyser, and we don’t expect the coverage of this continually-breaking news to stop anytime soon.

Keyser has been silent and invisible since this story started breaking last week, and reporters are getting a little bit irritated at his disappearing act, as you can see from some of the Tweets below. Keyser’s campaign has clearly decided to go radio silent as long as possible, but that approach will be tested today.

The five candidates running for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination are scheduled to participate in two different debates today. The first debate, sponsored by the Foothills Republicans, takes place from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Pinehurst Country Club in Southwest Denver. The second debate is tonight in Centennial (7pm at the Whipplewood CPAs Conference Center) hosted by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Keyser’s campaign confirmed his participation in both debates…but that was before the fraud story exploded.

If Keyser is a no-show at today’s debates out of concern that he will be cornered by reporters seeking his side of the story, you can go ahead and drop that last shovel of dirt on his campaign. You can’t declare yourself ready to be a U.S. Senator if you can’t even stand up for your own campaign problems.

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  1. What is Secretary of State Wayne Williams doing about this? That is the other big question at the moment. There is certainly enough evidence that he should be looking into this to determine whether Mr. Keyser should be on the ballot. The Judge's order in the other case is irrelevant where, as here, there are independent grounds to review whether Mr. Keyser should be on the ballot.

     

      1. He must be, but the media should begin demanding answers from our Secretary of State because he has an absolute duty to investigate these allegations. The Colorado Election Code is explicit:

        C.R.S. 1-1-107 outlines the powers and duties of the Colorado Secretary of State. Subsection (5) states:

                 The provisions of this section are enacted, pursuant to section 11 of article VII   of the state constitution, to secure the purity of elections and to guard against the abuses of the elective franchise.

        Art. VII, Section 11 of the Colorado Constitution is entitled "Purity of Elections," and states:

                The General Assembly shall pass laws to secure the purity of elections, and guard against abuses of the elective franchise.

        The General Assembly has done just that by enacting C.R.S. 1-4-801 which requires statewide candidates to obtain the signatures of 1,500 eligible electors from each congressional district. That section of the code clearly contemplates that an eligible elector signs the petition him or herself, not a forged signature. C.R.S. 1-9-902 sets forth the form for a candidates petition and includes in bold type that it is against the law to sign a petition with any other name than your name. Clearly, a forger can't sign for another person.

        Assuming the allegations presented by Channel 7 News are true, the Secretary of State should intervene to do his duty to protect the purity of elections in Colorado. Standing on the sidelines doing nothing isn't acceptable.

         

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