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What is Secretary of State Wayne Williams doing about this? That is the other big question at the moment. There is certainly enough evidence that he should be looking into this to determine whether Mr. Keyser should be on the ballot. The Judge's order in the other case is irrelevant where, as here, there are independent grounds to review whether Mr. Keyser should be on the ballot.
He's looking in a hole, too.
He must be, but the media should begin demanding answers from our Secretary of State because he has an absolute duty to investigate these allegations. The Colorado Election Code is explicit:
C.R.S. 1-1-107 outlines the powers and duties of the Colorado Secretary of State. Subsection (5) states:
The provisions of this section are enacted, pursuant to section 11 of article VII of the state constitution, to secure the purity of elections and to guard against the abuses of the elective franchise.
Art. VII, Section 11 of the Colorado Constitution is entitled "Purity of Elections," and states:
The General Assembly shall pass laws to secure the purity of elections, and guard against abuses of the elective franchise.
The General Assembly has done just that by enacting C.R.S. 1-4-801 which requires statewide candidates to obtain the signatures of 1,500 eligible electors from each congressional district. That section of the code clearly contemplates that an eligible elector signs the petition him or herself, not a forged signature. C.R.S. 1-9-902 sets forth the form for a candidates petition and includes in bold type that it is against the law to sign a petition with any other name than your name. Clearly, a forger can't sign for another person.
Assuming the allegations presented by Channel 7 News are true, the Secretary of State should intervene to do his duty to protect the purity of elections in Colorado. Standing on the sidelines doing nothing isn't acceptable.