Posts Tagged ‘ballot’
by Jack Minor – The question of whether Weld County’s clerk and recorder, and sheriff can seek another two terms may not be decided until next year, the county attorney said. “This concept of saying have a judge review it isn’t the type of thing that can happen now,” county attorney Bruce Barker [...]
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Since the Gazette first reported on a movement by residents in multiple states petitioning the Obama administration for secession, the issue appears to be gathering steam with a majority of states now wanting to leave the union. At the time of the Gazette’s article 22 states had summited petitions on the White House “We [...]
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by Jack Minor – While voters are being asked to approve a tax increase to build a replacement school for John Evans, a closer look at the numbers being given to voters for the cost of the project apparently do not add up, with actual costs to the taxpayer being greater than what is [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Following a video exposing a salaried employee of the DNC encouraging and helping a woman commit voter fraud the DNC has decided to fire the Texas worker. The video was shot in the Houston office of Organizing for America which is an arm of [...]
Tags: ACORN, Attorney General Eric Holder, ballot, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Eric Holder, fire, Florida, help, Matt Lacy, Melanie Roussell, Project, Project Veritas, proof, staffer, Stephanie Caballero, Texas, TPM, vote, woman
by Matt Lacy – A shocking undercover video reveals an Obama supporter assisting an undercover reporter commit voter fraud by voting for the president in two different states. The fraud was uncovered by an undercover reporter for James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas which has captured undercover video of ACORN, a controversial national community organizing [...]
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Learn more at local meeting in Campionby Craig Masters The 2012 general election ballots will be mailed in just a few weeks. Here is a preview of some of what most Americans (and others who vote) will be seeing on those ballots. Under “Presidential Electors” the list of candidates includes 16 names from various sectors [...]
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by Scott Rankin – Whenever I hear about a tax increase being proposed, I usually cringe. My immediate reaction is that I already pay too much in taxes, especially to the federal government. After gaining my composure, I typically ask what the tax is for, and how much it is going to cost me. In [...]
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by Peter Grady – LONGMONT — A Longmont woman whose unborn son was killed by a drunk driver said she intends to advocate for the personhood movement after learning his killer will face no consequences for his death. Earlier this year Heather Surovik suffered the loss of Brady, her unborn baby who was [...]
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by Jack Minor – Acknowledging there is a trust issue with the Greeley/Evans District 6 school board and the community, the board approved the official language for a November ballot question asking voters for a bond issue that would help the district obtain $29 million to replace John Evans Middle school. Prior to [...]
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by Peter Grady – While Greeley/Evans District 6 has formed an exploratory committee about a bond issue this November, the Jeffco school district has already done so, however critics say very little funding will actually go to benefit students. Earlier this month, the Jeffco school board voted 4-1 to put a bond and [...]
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by Peter Grady – With the defeat of a state senator who personally killed personhood measures in South Dakota, supporters now say lawmakers will aggressively pursue the measure during the next legislative session. Incumbent state Senator Curtis Olafson (R), who personally killed personhood proposals in 2009 and 2011, lost his bid for re-election [...]
Tags: abortion, ballot, decision, election, issue, law, Margaret, movement, National, New York, North, North Dakota, opinion, organization, planned parenthood, Senator Curtis Olafson, South Dakota, state, time, vote
Pastor Cripe by Peter Grady – A church in Maine has announced it will be taking a special offering for a Political Action Committee; and, in what may surprise people, the action does not run afoul of IRS rules. The Waterville congregation at Faith Evangelical Free church will send its Father’s Day offering to Protect [...]
Tags: ACLU, activity, ballot, Bible, campaign, candidate, church, election, Faith, Faith Evangelical Free, initiative, IRS, issue, Maine, Marriage, money, part, Pastor Cripeby Peter Grady, status, tax
by Jack Minor – Republican voters in all 159 Georgia counties will have the opportunity to approve granting “personhood” status to all human beings beginning at the moment of conception. The ballot question will appear on the July 31 Republican primary ballot. Georgia Right to Life president, Dan Becker ,said, “Of all the [...]
Tags: abortion, age, amendment, ballot, Constitution, Georgia, GOP, July, language, law, life, moment, nation, person, Republican, right, state, status, Supreme Court, vote
by Jack Minor – With several states embroiled in the debate over requirements that voters show identification prior to going to the polls, a black conservative activist disputes the Democratic contention that the laws are discriminatory. Democrats and liberal activists across the country contend the elderly, disabled and poor will be hard-pressed to satisfy ID requirements [...]
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Wyoming told not to count votes from pro-life Democratby Matt Lacy – Following surprising primary results in Oklahoma and other states that have showed discontent with Obama among Democratic voters, the party is taking steps to ensure that a pro-life candidate does not appear on any more ballots. While the media attempts to portray [...]
Tags: Alaska, ballot, birth, candidate, Catholic, child, Democratic Party, DNC, election, life, Obama, Oklahoma, Party, percent, person, primary, right, state, Terry, vote
DOJ dismissed fraud concerns, says “manufactured issue” Young man mistaken for Eric Holder at Washington DC polling place by Jack Minor – The Justice Department has dismissed a video showing a white man being offered a ballot in Attorney General Eric Holder’s name saying it is a non-issue. In the video, part of James O’Keefe’s [...]
Tags: ballot, Colorado, Department, election, Eric, Eric Holder, gun, ID, integrity, issue, Justice Department, man, Obama, person, photo, show, state, vote, voting, Washington DC
by Jack Minor – While multiple court cases over Obama’s eligibility to be President have been dismissed without ever hearing the merits of the case, a judge in Georgia has said the President must meet the constitutional demands of the office in order to appear on the ballot. The ruling came from Deputy Chief Judge, [...]
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by Jack Minor – Planned Parenthood’s attempt to stop Colorado from allowing a personhood amendment on the ballot in 2012 is part of a coordinated attack on similar initiatives across the country. Following the defeat of Amendment 26 in Mississippi, Planned Parenthood issued a statement crediting Mississippians for Healthy Families as being key to defeating the [...]
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by Peter Grady – Despite suffering defeats at the ballot, the Personhood movement will completely change the pro-life landscape during this presidential election by forcing candidates to take a strong stand on the issue one way or the other. The Personhood movement is an attempt to guarantee 14th Amendment protections to every human being regardless [...]
Tags: abortion, amendment, ballot, case, Colorado, Constitution, election, game, initiative, issue, legislation, life, mother, movement, person, Rick, Rick Perry, right, state, support
Personhood USA is hosting a national tele-town hall meeting with the Republican presidential candidates this Tuesday evening. Individuals are encouraged by Personhood USA to sign up on their website to participate in the forum. The town hall conference will be held from 7 – 8:30 p.m. Mountain Time this Tuesday, Dec. 27. Personhood USA serves [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Ever the wild card, billionaire Donald Trump is now saying that he may run as an online candidate. This morning, Trump tweeted “Thousands of e-mails from folks urging me to seek the Americans Elect Presidential nomination.” American’s Elect is a non-partisan group that has collected millions of petition signatures to place [...]
Tags: abortion, American, Americans Elect Presidential, ballot, candidate, care, debate, Donald, Donald Trump, lot, Matt Lacy, Obama, Obamacare, online, primary, process, Republican, vote, WLS, year
State refused to defend constitutional amendment passed by voters by Jack Minor – The California Supreme Court has ruled that sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot measures have the right to defend them in court if the state refuses to do so. Proposition 8 was a constitutional amendment that declared marriage to [...]
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by Jack Minor – A liberal news organization said it was Herman Cain’s responsibility to provide specific details on charges of sexual misconduct. Late Monday evening Politico.com issued a breaking news story claiming that in the 1990’s, while Cain was head of the National Restaurant Association, two female employees complained that Cain engaged in “inappropriate [...]
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Staff Reports – Evans Fire Protection District – unnecessary. Evans still has efficiencies to find and fat to cut before asking for tax hikes in these times. Proposition 103 – This one is simple. No. For many reasons, but you can stop at the fact that the new tax money will not be [...]
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Colorado voters are being called by computers; a well-produced recording “informs” the listener about proposition 103 on the ballot this voting season. The audio production of this computer call is so well produced that it carefully avoids any language that would reveal the truth of the consequences of this huge tax increase. In fact, the [...]
Tags: ballot, Boulder, campaign, case, Colorado, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, Dee Wisor, Denver Post, Economic Tour, end, governor, Governor Hickenlooper, issue, July, language, Loveland, mail, Rollie Heath, tax, voting
Inactive voters can re-activate status, vote with simple steps by Jack Minor – Critics have complained that the Weld County Clerk and Recorder has disenfranchised voters, however, a closer examination reveals that Moreno’s office has actually done more than the law required. The issue revolves around the mail-in ballots sent out this week. Moreno’s office [...]
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Candidates offer new visions or status-quo By James Courant The current and future direction of our public schools has sparked much interest and not a little passion within our community in recent months. Now with the election of school board members fast approaching, voters have their choice of fourteen candidates vying for the four available [...]
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by Jack Minor – A Republican candidate for the upcoming District 6 school board election has withdrawn from the race following revelations that signatures gathered to place her name on the ballot were gathered improperly. The Gazette first reported that Jean Daviet, who was running for one of the two-year positions on the board, may [...]
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Activist group say initiative would not go far enough by Jack Minor – College students who attempted to place an amendment on next year’s ballot have abandoned the attempt after failing to get support for “gay” and lesbian organizations. One of the students, Mark Olmstead of Arvada, said he was giving up his attempt [...]
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by Mike McCune – Economic fears have such a firm grasp on the average American consumer that he is now making some major changes to his budgeting mindset. Not since the Great Depression year of 1937 has the consumer made such drastic cuts to his spending habits and, from the Michigan Consumer Confidence Survey, it [...]
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Election authorities nonchalant by Jack Minor – The Gazette has learned that a candidate running for a position on the school board may have violated election laws by having another individual collect petition signatures without signing a circulator’s affidavit. Jean Daviet is one of four candidates running for a two year seat on the [...]
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Requirements for affected counties would include active outreach to minority communities by Jack Minor – Weld County has learned that data indicating if it is one of 16 counties in Colorado that will be required to provide election materials in Spanish will not be available in time for the 2011 elections. Weld County [...]
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by Craig Masters A constitutional amendment to repeal Colorado’s gay marriage ban and replace it with language saying marriage is allowed regardless of sex could be on the 2012 ballot. Supporters argue that step 1 is for the state title board to review the language of the petitions. That should be step 2! Step 1 [...]
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by James Courant – In the midst of a nationwide economic downturn, the City of Evans will ask its voters this fall for a property tax increase. The proposed increase is needed to fund the new Evans Fire Protection District as a replacement for the current city fire department. The [...]
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by Jack Minor In an indication of what can be expected during the 2012 campaign, the new chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee apparently has no problem accusing opponents of racism, wanting to kill people and other “hateful” words. Rep. Debbie Schultz (D-Fla.) was elected chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in April. Speaking [...]
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