Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert “Bo” Ortiz filed his appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court this afternoon, arguing that a Denver judge’s decision this week should be overruled and that a mail-ballot recall election on Sept. 10 should go forward as originally planned. State Sens. Angela Giron, of Pueblo, and John Morse, of Colorado Springs, face recall elections that day. Both are Democrats being targeted for supporting gun-control laws this year. Ortiz’s appeal says District Judge Robert McGahey erred in upholding the state constitution’s wording that says recall candidates should have until 15 days before the election to petition onto the recall ballot.
McGahey acknowledged his ruling would eliminate the mail-ballot election called for by a new state law but said the constitution’s language trumped the new state statute, which only gave recall candidates a 10-day petition period after the recall election date was set.
Ortiz claims that by pushing back the deadline for recall candidates to qualify for the ballot, military and other voters who depend on mail ballots are disenfranchised.
Full Article: The Pueblo Chieftain | Ortiz asks high court to restore mail-ballot recall.
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