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Source: Ed Perlmutter to drop out of governor’s race, won’t run for re-election in Congress
DENVER – Ed Perlmutter will pull out of the race for Colorado’s governorship in 2018 just three months after he entered the race, and won’t run for re-election in Congress either.
The Denver Post was the first to report that Perlmutter was pulling out of the race early. A source close to the campaign has since confirmed to Denver7 that will be the case. Continue reading
Feds ask states not to send over controversial voter roll information until court settles suit
DENVER – There’s a chance that Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams won’t be sending over Colorado voter roll information on Friday, as the Election Integrity Commission on Monday asked Williams and other secretaries of state not to send the information over until a judge settles a court case over the commission’s intentions.
Last week, the Electronic Privacy Information Center was among several organizations that sued in federal court seeking to block the commission’s quest to gather voter data from each state in the U.S. Continue reading
Hundreds withdraw Colorado voter registrations in response to compliance with commission request
DENVER – At least two Colorado county clerks say they’ve seen a large increase in the number of people who have withdrawn their state voter registration since Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams said he would send the Trump administration’s election integrity commission some voter-roll information in accordance with state law.
Alton Dillard, a spokesperson for the Denver Elections Division, said 180 people have withdrawn their registration in the county since July 3. When compared to the eight people who withdrew their registration from June 26-29, it marks a 2,150 percent increase, according to Dillard. Continue reading
Ex sought for Aurora 18-year-old’s murder freed from jail 9 days earlier, had 4 prior DV cases
AURORA, Colo. – The 20-year-old man sought by police in the July 1 murder of his ex-girlfriend had been released from jail just nine days before he allegedly killed her, and she broke a permanent civil protection order against him to go visit him the night she was killed.
Those details, and a series of police reports showing that Arturo Garcia, 20, and his ex-girlfriend, Alexandrea “Ally” Raber, had been involved in several domestic violence incidents over the past year were released to Denver7 in police reports and arrest affidavits on Thursday. Continue reading
Colorado secretary of state will send voter roll info allowable under state law to feds
DENVER – Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams held a news conference Wednesday morning to further address the voter roll information requested by President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud.
Last week, the vice chair of the Election Integrity Commission, Kris Kobach, sent a letter to Williams and all other secretaries of state requesting the full name, address, date of birth, affiliated political party, last four Social Security number digits and voting history since 2006 of every voter in the state and country. Continue reading
Arrest affidavit details grotesque chats involving Pueblo parents who allegedly assaulted kids
PUEBLO, Colo. – Arrest affidavits for the two Pueblo parents arrested last week on charges they sexually assaulted their own children show the grotesque chatroom messages one of them sent to another person in Florida, which depict the father coercing at least one of his children into performing sexual acts on him.
David Caple, 37, and Kimberly Caple, 31, were arrested last week on sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust charges. David Caple also faces a sexual exploitation of a child charge. Continue reading
Some face police interference charges in protest at Cory Gardner’s office; building manager ID’d
DENVER – The 10 disability advocates arrested Thursday evening at the Denver office of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., were all in the process of being released from jail Friday afternoon, save one woman who was not admitted to Denver’s jail because of her medical condition.
The Denver Police Department criminal complaints for those arrested all say that Andrew Merritt, who is Gardner’s state director for Colorado, was the person who advised police that the advocates were to be removed from the building. The reports say police were notified at 6:44 p.m. Continue reading
Denver’s final social marijuana consumption rules released; waiver, ventilation requirements dropped
DENVER – Denver’s licensing department on Friday released the final adopted rules that business wanting to allow the social use of marijuana in their buildings will have to adhere to in order to get a permit.
Denver voters approved Initiative 300 last November, which opens up the possibility for the existence of the clubs. The city, state and local organizations have been hammering out exactly what requirements the businesses have to follow since. Continue reading
Trump election fraud commission wants personal information from Colorado, US voter rolls
DENVER – The vice chair of President Donald Trump’s controversial Election Integrity Commission wants the full name, address, date of birth, affiliated political party, last four Social Security number digits and voting history since 2006 of every voter not only in Colorado, but in the entire U.S., and wants that information to be made available to the public.
The vice chair of the commission, Kris Kobach, sent a letter requesting that information and more on Wednesday to Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams and every other secretary of state for all 50 states. Continue reading
Disability advocates continue sit-in at Cory Gardner’s office over healthcare bill, won’t be removed
DENVER – A group of advocates, many of whom who are disabled, continue to protest at U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s office nearly 24 hours after they took up residency to demand the Republican senator from Colorado vote against the Senate health care bill.
Many of the protesters are from ADAPT/Atlantis Community, Inc., a Denver-based group whose efforts are usually focused on increasing accessibility for disabled people on public transit systems. Continue reading