(What’s up with the Caldara investigation? – Promoted by Colorado Pols)
Back in August, Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s office issued an election rule stating that voters must reside in the same district in which they vote, and, in case someone like Jon Caldara was wondering, Gessler’s rule stated that “intent to move, in and of itself, does not establish residence.”
This sounded sensible to people who believe in representative government.
But about a week later, the residency rule was rescinded by Gessler’s office for no apparent reason. It was part of a set of election rules, one of which was thrown out by a judge, but Gessler wasn’t required to dump the residency rule. But he did anyway.
About a month later, people who believe in representative government were surprised when Gessler stepped up to a talk-show microphone on KNUS radio and proclaimed that under Colorado’s new election law, “you don’t have to live in the district in order to be able to vote there, which I think is just absurd.”
Now, even people who don’t believe in representative government were puzzled, because in August Gessler’s office had arrived at the exact opposite conclusion about the new law.
The eternal question: What would Gessler say next?
Well, on Oct. 9, the residency rule was re-issued by Gessler’s office in almost the exact same words as before, stating that “intent to move to a new district or county, in and of itself, is not enough to establish residency.”
The rule also says: “An elector may not register to vote in a new district or county unless he or she has already moved and established his or her primary residence in the new district or county.”
Just like before, this makes sense to most everyone, except maybe Jon Caldara and…we don’t know if Gessler’s on board with it, even though it emanated from his office.
Will Gessler again be asked to step up to a talk-radio microphone and explain if he still thinks, like he said before, that Colorado’s new election law mandates that “you don’t have to live in the district in order to be able to vote there?”
How could he possibly think so, now that his office has twice concluded otherwise? I’ll be sitting by my radio, waiting for his answer on KOA, KNUS, KLZ, or wherever.
Actually, wouldn’t it be fun if Jon Caldara asked Gessler about it on his Sunday KHOW show?
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Jason, can you find out what's going on with Caldara? I'd really like to know, and you might not be bought off by him like most reporters in this town.
Sure. i'll look into it.
You Democrats. Such hypocrites when it comes to civil disobedience.
Yeah, what a cheap publicity stunt all those Iraq war protesters tried to pull!!! For what? To save a few miserable lives and a couple of bucks in tax payer money? THE NERVE!
Now, heroes like Caldara, spreading false information about voting rules and regulations! Man, that takes some kind of courage! No wonder the GOP is on the rise again!
with supermen like Jon Caldara leading them, how will we ever stand up to them? Oh, woe is us….
Not at all. If you practice civil disobedience, you should expect the law to be applied to you just like anyone else.
Further, what Caldera did isn't civil disobedience – unless you think he did what he did to protest the requirement of having a real residence in-district when voting. If his affidavit is false (and it would seem to be on all counts), then he should expect that the law will find him guilty of perjury in affirming his eligibility to vote in the Morse recall.
civil disobedience has consequences. Ask Thoreau.