Scott Ellis, 43, Lafayette: 鈥淏y not participating in the process, you don鈥檛 imply consent with the outcome鈥

Dec. 18, 2014

Scott Ellis鈥 Facebook page looks different than those of a lot of his social media peers. Ellis, 43, is an administrator of the group 鈥淒on鈥檛 Vote,鈥 one of many such gathering places on Facebook. His own newsfeed is speckled with notes encouraging his friends to join him in his voting...

Personhood USA makes a series of false and deceptive claims about previous legislation

Nov. 4, 2014

One of the main supporters of the personhood legislation on Colorado ballots this November is Personhood USA. The group鈥檚 website hosts pages about Amendment 67 in Colorado and North Dakota鈥檚 Measure 1, another personhood issue up for vote. The Personhood USA page about Amendment 67 makes the following statement: 鈥淟ast...

Gardner at odds with scientific consensus on Ebola travel ban

Nov. 2, 2014

In his campaign to unseat Senator Mark Udall, Republican challenger Cory Gardner has called for a travel ban from the West African countries hit hardest by the recent Ebola outbreak. In doing so, he鈥檚 ignoring a strong consensus among public health experts on how best to deal with outbreaks of...

Gardner鈥檚 misleading attack on equal pay illustrates bi-partisan hypocrisy

Oct. 24, 2014

Paying male and female employers the same salary has been a central campaign issue for Democrats up and down the ticket across the country in past years. Sure enough, that discourse also made its appearance in one of the closest Senate races this fall 鈥 the contest between Sen. Mark...

VoteNo67 falsely claims that Amendment 67 would ban all abortions

Oct. 23, 2014

The personhood issue in the upcoming midterms in Colorado is Amendment 67, also referred to as the 鈥淏rady Amendment.鈥 This year it is centered on the premise that pregnant mothers and their unborn children need greater protection from violence than Colorado law already provides. The VoteNo67 campaign, backed by Planned...

Colorado underreports officer-involved shootings

Oct. 23, 2014

Lacking the digitized system other states use, Colorado struggles to accurately count the number of these deaths National scrutiny of police shootings has been reignited with the violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri this summer. Still, it is difficult to gauge the impact officer-involved shootings have across the United States. In...

Prop 105 misleads on health, safety of genetically modified food

Oct. 14, 2014

While both supporters and opponents of Proposition 105 have centered their campaigns on the question of whether labeling genetically modified food would impose unnecessary burdens on consumers, regulators, and farmers, little attention has been paid to the motivation behind the measure. Prop 105 misleads on health, safety of genetically modified...

Hickenlooper campaign polishes business-creation rankings

Oct. 10, 2014

Colorado incumbent Gov. John Hickenlooper insists his leadership has helped Colorado鈥檚 economy bounce back from the latest recession that hit the state hard. On the campaign trail this fall, Hickenlooper faces a fierce challenge from former Republican Rep. Bob Beauprez, who continuously questions the governor鈥檚 policy contributions to the state鈥檚...

Voice for Brady ad deceives and misstates facts

Oct. 10, 2014

Amendment 67, another personhood issue on the Colorado ballot (Coloradans rejected two similar amendments in 2008 and 2010), continues to produce many deceptive and emotionally charged claims on both sides. The 鈥淰oice for Brady鈥 campaign is the primary supporter of the proposed amendment to the state constitution and the group...

Colorado Republicans misrepresent the science on climate change

Oct. 7, 2014

In recent debates hosted by the Denver Post , candidates were asked a series of yes-or-no questions by the moderators. One of those questions was, 鈥淒o you believe humans are contributing significantly to climate change?鈥 Republican gubernatorial challenger Bob Beauprez and sixth district incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Coffman both answered...

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