Adams County Republicans

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Help Needed Right Here in Adams County!

Immediate!  Very Short-Term!
 
Many of you may be aware of Proposition 103, which will appear on the ballots to be mailed out in just 8 days.  It raises our taxes in the name of K-12 education, but it is a Democratic ruse for simply fattening government coffers.  (And even if it DID throw more money at education, that's not the answer to our education problems!)
We need to stop Prop 103!
 
We have 200 "No On Prop 103" yard signs which need to be posted.  The committees who gave them to us would like them to be posted on main thoroughfares.  BUT, the problem is that, in most jurisdictions here in AdCo, rules about signs have tightened.  So we need to look at private property locations — either good locationyards (corners!) or private commercial property.  If you don't have either, you might know someone (or several people) who has/have.  Please help! Let me know how many signs you can place (heypattymac@juno.com              303-457-1291      ) and we'll make arrangements.
 
We also have 2000 half-sheet flyers to get out.  If you would be willing to help distribute them outside a store (I have the rules for that) or otherwise, please contact me.
 
You're needed.  If you can help in any way, please let me know!
Patty McCoy
Chair, AdCo GOP

Reapportionment Commission to hear public testimony on state legislative district boundaries

 

Although the drawing of Colorado’s Congressional district boundaries has been sent to the courts (since the state senate failed to consider redistricting legislation, abdicating their constitutional obligations), the Reapportionment Commission (charged with drawing state legislative districts) is meeting over the summer and will hear public testimony both in Denver (initially) and throughout the state (once a draft district map has been developed for review and comment).

The commission has divided the state into 7 regions for the purpose of hearing public testimony. Continue reading →

Primary date moves to June 26, 2012, Precinct caucuses will be March 6th, 2012

Governor John Hickenlooper signed legislation moving the Primary date from the second Tuesday in August to the last Tuesday in June. This action will take place beginning next year when the Primary falls on June 26, 2012.


“A June Primary will ensure that our military and overseas voters will receive an accurate and authentic ballot with ample time for delivery,” Secretary of State Scott Gessler said. “For in-state voters, instead of voting after summer vacations, Coloradans will need to cast their Primary ballots before they leave for family reunions and fireworks.”

Congress passed legislation in 2009 mandating that states mail ballots to overseas voters 45 days ahead of the election. Colorado’s late Primary and recount provisions created very short timelines for county clerks to meet the federal mandate.

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CD 2 Redistricting Hearing Tomorrow

CD 2 Redistricting Hearing Tomorrow

The legislature will be redrawing congressional districts to equalize population, as they do every 10 years.  The legislature has formed a joint House-Senate committee to take public testimony.  It’s important that they hear from you.  Please attend one of the hearings or, alternatively, you can send an e-mail to CongRedist2011@State.co.us with your thoughts. The next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow evening in Boulder.

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GOP Chair candidates differ on particulars

GOP Chair candidates differ on particulars

…Such as what to do with a ‘RINO’
3/4/2011
By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN

The four candidates for Colorado Republican Party chairman agreed that if a GOP candidate needs a lecture, it ought to be done out of public view — but that’s about the only topic that found all of them taking the same position at a forum on Feb. 24 at the Bemis Public Library in Littleton.

Whether it was the prospect of turning municipal elections partisan, if there’s such a thing as a RINO (“Republican in Name Only”), or even whether the chairman position should be paid, at least one of the four staked out a contrary position, sometimes sharply at odds with his fellow candidates. Continue reading →