May 05, 2016 10:15 AM UTC

BREAKING: Blaha Makes Ballot, Frazier Getting Recount, Everyone Yelling at Everyone Else

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• by: Colorado Pols

THURSDAY UPDATE: Court issues clarifying order, Robert Blaha WILL be on the ballot. We put it in caps because it seems authoritative this time. As for Ryan Frazier, the Denver Post’s John Frank reports:

Ryan Frazier remains on the sidelines after the judge ruled refused to allow him to count the signatures needed to reach the 1,500 threshold in the 3rd Congressional District, which stretches from Pueblo to Grand Junction.

The judge issued a stay on certifying the final June 28 primary ballot to give Frazier until Monday to file his appeal. But Secretary of State Wayne Williams plans to challenge the stay.

As has become the rule in this crazy primary, stay tuned for the next developments.

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UPDATE #6: We’re going to be completely honest with you here…we have no idea how to sum this up for the night. We can all try again tomorrow.

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UPDATE #5: Of course he is…

BREAKING: @RyanLFrazier campaign says he’s appealing judge’s decision keeping him off #COSen ballot #copolitics

— Ernest Lee Luning (@eluning) May 5, 2016

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UPDATE #4: Uhhhhh…

URGENT: Turns out @BlahaCO might not have made the ballot, office says. #copolitics

— Lynn Bartels (@lynn_bartels) May 4, 2016

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UPDATE #3: And weirder:

Blaha’s back on ballot, but @ColoSecofState ain’t happy: “Mr. Blaha seeks to blame others for his own campaign’s incompetence” #copolitics

— Megan Verlee (@CPRverlee) May 4, 2016

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UPDATE #2: So, apparently Ryan Frazier was not approved for the Primary ballot…BUT…a judge has ordered the Secretary of State’s office to recount Frazier’s petitions. This whole thing just gets weirder and weirder and weirder.

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UPDATE: Blaha calls for Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams to resign after being ruled back on the ballot: —– That’s the word from Colorado Secretary of State spokesperson Lynn Bartels, Republican Senate candidate Robert Blaha will appear on the June GOP U.S. Senate primary ballot after an apparently successful challenge to being ruled insufficient on valid petition signatures:

So, @BlahaCO is on the ballot. #COpolitics — Lynn Bartels (@lynn_bartels) May 4, 2016

We’re still waiting for news on Ryan Frazier–the temporary injunction has reportedly been extended by half an hour (5:30PM MDT) to give them time to wrap up. Watch this space for updates.