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November 09, 2023 10:37 AM UTC

The "Boebert Brigade" Learns To Love "Ballot Harvesting"

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  • by: Colorado Pols

Here’s an email blast we were forwarded from America’s Most Vulnerable™ Rep. Lauren Boebert’s campaign to volunteers regarding upcoming “grassroots activist boot camp” events, part of Boebert’s desperate political revamp as her rendezvous–with destiny, not the fun kind–in 2024 looms larger on the horizon:

The first thing you should notice here is the heavy emphasis on what Boebert contrarily calls “ballot harvesting,” otherwise known as following Colorado state law that allows up to ten completed mail ballots to be collected and delivered by somebody other than the voter. Although Colorado has some of the nation’s most accessible elections, Colorado is far from unique with this particular provision, with 25 states and the District of Columbia allowing for ballots to be collected and delivered subject to specific limits.

As one of ex-President Donald Trump’s loyal election deniers in 2020, Boebert raged as a “Class of January 6th” freshman against “ballot harvesting” in 2021 when Democrats introduced their HR1 For The People Act election reform legislation that would have federalized the practice:

But as readers know, something happened between 2021 and today to change Boebert’s tune on “ballot harvesting” completely–coming within 546 votes of losing her congressional seat in 2022. And by February of this year, much like her sudden conversion on “earmarks” once Republicans took control of the House, Boebert was frankly acknowledging the rules of the game, even while continuing to disparage them:

“Right. Yeah. So, you know, in Colorado, you know, we’re trying to get those ballot harvesting campaigns in place that we have to play by their game,” Boebert declared.

“It’s legal in Colorado and we’re not doing it because we’re not for it. But they’re doing that and they’re winning the elections. Colorado is turning bluer and bluer. We just lost our gubernatorial race by 20 points. I mean, this is absurd,” she declared.

What’s absurd is demonizing a common practice that has helped give Colorado one of the highest rates of voter participation in the country instead of simply embracing it. But that’s not the worst part: if their underlying view is that “ballot harvesting” is a harmful practice being “tolerated” out of expediency, there’s a greater danger that the sort of abuses Boebert warned of might actually be attempted by her supporters. In our nearly two decades covering Colorado political scandals of all sizes, Republicans aren’t just the ones who endlessly warn of election fraud–they’re also overwhelmingly the only ones committing it.

So get “harvesting,” and make sure to follow the rules. They’re not hard to follow.

For the rest of us, it’s just getting out the vote.

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5 thoughts on “The “Boebert Brigade” Learns To Love “Ballot Harvesting”

  1. What’s absurd is demonizing a common practice that has helped give Colorado one of the highest rates of voter participation in the country

    But but but, the more people that turn out to vote, the worse the GOP tends to do….

    Republicans aren’t just the ones who endlessly warn of election fraud–they’re also overwhelmingly the only ones committing it.

    Among the core Iron Laws of Republicans: Every Accusation is a Confession.

  2. Colorado is turning bluer and bluer. We just lost our gubernatorial race by 20 points. I mean, this is absurd,” she declared.

    It is indeed absurd, but not for the reasons Bobo thinks. Recall that the GOP gubernatorial candidate spent literally weeks of prime campaign time blabbering about "furries" in public schools, ffs. At the end of the day, the best anyone could say about Hiedi was, "Well, at least she didn't beat up her spouse and later claim it's all good cuz they both went to jail, you know, like the other clown we could have nominated did."

    1. Gee, maybe part of the reason for Colorado turning bluer and bluer and you lost the gubernatorial race by 20 points is because you (Republicans) SUUUUUUUUUCK!!

      Your policies suck, your candidates suck and your leadership sucks.

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