U.S. Senate See Full Big Line

(D) J. Hickenlooper*

(R) Somebody

80%

20%

Governor See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse

(D) Phil Weiser

(D) Jena Griswold

60%

60%

40%↓

Att. General See Full Big Line

(D) M. Dougherty

(D) Alexis King

(D) Brian Mason

40%

40%

30%

Sec. of State See Full Big Line

(D) George Stern

(D) A. Gonzalez

(R) Sheri Davis

40%

40%

30%

State Treasurer See Full Big Line

(D) Brianna Titone

(R) Kevin Grantham

(D) Jerry DiTullio

60%

30%

20%

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

(D) Diana DeGette*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Hurd*

(D) Somebody

80%

40%

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert*

(D) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Crank*

(D) Somebody

80%

20%

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line

(D) B. Pettersen*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line

(R) Gabe Evans*

(D) Yadira Caraveo

(D) Joe Salazar

50%

40%

40%

State Senate Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

80%

20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

5%

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
October 04, 2012 11:40 PM UTC

AP Honors Ivan Moreno For Gessler Deconstruction

  • 17 Comments
  • by: Colorado Pols

A memo to Associated Press employees from Managing Editor for State News, Financial News and Global Training Kristin Gazlay honors Colorado-based AP correspondent Ivan Moreno for his investigative reporting on Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s failed campaign to purge, as it turned out, more or less non-existent noncitizen voters:

Denver’s Ivan Moreno started pursuing the issue of voter fraud in Colorado after nearly 4,000 voters received letters from the secretary of state challenging their citizenship and, therefore, their right to cast ballots. He filed an open records request for the 4,000 names but was stymied by the government saying they were part of an ongoing investigation and should not be made public. But he didn’t stop there…

As weeks passed, Moreno was the only reporter checking in daily for progress on the secretary of state’s investigation. The list of potential noncitizens kept getting smaller and smaller, shrinking from 4,000 to 1,400 to just 141 – and Moreno was the first to report that the authenticity of only 141 voters was being challenged.

He kept asking for the identities of those on the list, and finally got the names of 35 people suspected of being noncitizens who had voted in past elections. Moreno called every one he could find, confirming independently that they were citizens. As a result, the Denver Clerk and Recorder’s office, which had seen the many stories Moreno produced on the issue, sent him their list of voters and said the citizenship of every one had been verified. [Pols emphasis]

Ivan Moreno’s reporting culminated in a broad look at efforts by Republican secretaries of state to purge what they’ve insisted were “thousands” of noncitizens casting ballots in U.S. elections. The laughably small numbers of such voters actually found after so much agitation has severely damaged a key Republican talking point, used to justify draconian suppressive “remedies” and motivate conservative voters. The credibility of everyone involved has been hurt.

All it took was a reporter who didn’t stop asking questions.

Tweet
Share

Comments

17 thoughts on “AP Honors Ivan Moreno For Gessler Deconstruction”

      1. Is to protect the integrity of the voter rolls. Gessler didn’t hide the results when they came back smaller than he thought. He was upfront about that. Even one fraudulent voter hurts the rights of every other voter in Colorado.

        That’s why the public supports him.

        1. but not the one he’s actually performing. And unfairly denying ballots to registered voters hurts about 10,000 times more than your hypothetical (and unproven) “fraudulent voter.”

          Can you cite this “public support” you mention? The smoke-filled rooms of GOP strategy meetings don’t count.

        2. ….do you think he would have been so diligent in seeking them out?

          Oh, sorry, I know you don’t answer questions.

          PS, I got my federal budget busting $980 SS check yesterday.You know, my “entitlement.” If you are still paying the SS taxes, I thank you.  

        3. So when he removed 111,000 voters from the permanent mail in ballot list ?

          Theses were voters who requested “permanent” mail in ballots, but who chose not to vote in 2010. So The Secretary gets to retroactively redefine “permanent” to mean, not  permanent.

          Sure.

           

    2. say, Sean Hannity, would have buried the story to hide the shenanigans, or given Gessler a consolation prize for at least trying to suppress the vote illegally in a democracy?

      You suck, Gopher.  Totally.  If you can’t win honestly, lie, cheat and steal.  The new motto and battle cry of the GOP.

    3. Like the Grand Junction Sentinel…

      So liberal they have to be ‘stealthily’ liberal.  I cannot recall if that bit of nonsense was you or that guy who wrote just like you whom we are not allow to reference because he blogged under his own name and thus mentioning such would get one booted

      But its 1) getting tired and 2) has traction only with your fellow mindless Rmoney-bots, you know the ones all breathlessly lined up for that new movie…

      And whom will not be deciding this election in CO.

      Meanwhile the real professionals–rather than the partisan hack fox-in-the-henhouse SoS–are opening investigations into the real voter fraud: that committed by a partisan hack hired by the RNC.

      Sorry you’ll be losing your position in one month.  Don’t bother to stop by for your farewells.

Leave a Comment

Recent Comments


Posts about

Donald Trump
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Lauren Boebert
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Yadira Caraveo
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado House
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado Senate
SEE MORE

114 readers online now

Newsletter

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop with regular updates!