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Nov 18, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Adam Frisch has conceded to GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 3rd District. buff.ly/3EfdGAm
Frisch called Boebert on Friday morning to concede the race.
He made his announcement as the final votes in the race trickled in.
NEW: The race between Lauren Boebert-Adam Frisch appears to be heading toward a recount.
Final vote counting today shrunk Boebert’s lead over Frisch to fewer than a thousand votes, pushing it under the threshold for an automatic recount. buff.ly/3UOPOe3
As of 5 p.m., only a handful of relatively rural counties still hadn’t reported their updated results.
It's unlikely that those areas, which have voter bases in just the hundreds or thousands, could widen the race enough to take it out of recount range. buff.ly/3UOPOe3
Jun 24, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years.
The decision means that Colorado stands virtually alone in the region for abortion care. buff.ly/3xVcDCz
In Colorado, the Reproductive Health Equity Act has codified the right to an abortion in the state, allowing an individual to get one at any point during a pregnancy.
Mar 9, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters has been indicted by a grand jury on a laundry list of felony and misdemeanor charges in connection to last summer's election security breach.
Here's what has happened since the breach in May 2021, and what we know now..
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Peters and her deputy clerk Belinda Knisley face charges including:
- Attempting to influence a public service
- Criminal impersonation
- Conspiracy
- Identity theft
- Official misconduct
- Violation of duty
NEW: Colorado's hospitals are so full and short-staffed, some health care providers may need to start working in roles they aren’t certified for.
It's called "Crisis standards of care for staffing."
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Eric France said due to COVID, there is a “limited, flexible” ceiling of how much work providers can do before hospitals and their staff have to change their practices.
Nov 3, 2021 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Where things stand the morning after #ElectionDay:
🗳 Prop 119 (increase pot taxes for private, out-of-school learning opportunities): Appears to fail.
Supporters of 119 on Tuesday night conceded defeat.
🗳 Prop 120 (property tax cut): Appears to fail.
By 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, 120 had the support of only about 43 percent of voters, and backers conceded it looked likely to fail.
That figure has stayed steady through the latest counts early Wednesday morning.
Nov 3, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
That's going to be about it here for us this Election Day.
But first, a quick recap.
Colorado had three statewide ballot measures this year.
As of right now, it appears that voters have voted down all of them.
Nov 2, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Polls close at 7 p.m.!
That means you have until 7 p.m. to:
🗳 Vote in-person
🗳 Be in line to vote in-person
🗳 Drop off your ballot in a drop box (NOT in the mail)
🗳 Register to vote
...which the state plans to do on Nov. 29th, barring any recounts.
Nov 2, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Good morning. It's Election Day in Colorado!
A quick 🧵 about today #Election2021:
First: It's an off-year election. That means no marquee races and only a limited number of statewide ballot measures (in this case, three).
But locally (certainly in Denver), there's plenty of issues for you to weigh in on.
Nov 1, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
NEW: With Colorado COVID cases and hospitalizations rising, Gov. Polis signed a new health order late Sunday night that allows hospitals to refuse some patients.
There are nearly 1,200 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Colorado — the most since December 2020.
Aug 3, 2020 • 31 tweets • 6 min read
1/ More than 500 teachers, staff, students and parents from across the state have shared w/us their thoughts on schools reopening during #covid19colorado. It's a complicated conversation.
As the school year approaches, we'll keep adding to this thread. Here's what you've told us
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"I think Mesa County D51 is making a huge mistake. I'm a teacher there & have 3 kids in 3 schools. We'll be doing online for them bc our rate has been climbing and I don't feel they have an actual plan in place. There's nothing at all in their plan concerning SPED kids."
