Colorado Election Rules and Procedures
After Congress enacted the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002, Colorado passed legislation to implement HAVA’s requirements. One provision is designed to ensure that voters whose registration or eligibility is questioned are provided the opportunity to vote a provisional ballot. Additional Colorado requirements, such as requiring voters to bring....
Racial Justice, Voting Rights
Danielson v. Dennis
A Colorado statute provides that persons on parole—approximately 6000 in Colorado—are forbidden to vote or to register to vote. C.R.S. § 1-2-103(4). This class action, on behalf of approximately 6000 Colorado parolees, asserts that this statute violates the Colorado Constitution. In Article VII, Section 10, the Colorado Constitution....
Criminal Legal Reform, Racial Justice, Voting Rights
Baca v. Orr
In this lawsuit involving a challenge to whether a proposed initiative should be placed on the ballot, the ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief with the Colorado Supreme Court. The petitioners in the case challenged a proposed initiative that would amend the Colorado constitution to require that the state not "discriminate against, or grant preferential....
Racial Justice, Voting Rights