Secretary of State

Gessler’s Legislative Agenda

Brian Larson and Jody Hope Strogoff — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:31:23 +0000

State lawmakers are expected to take up a package of election reforms this week proposed by Secretary of State Scott Gessler. It’s just one of more than a dozen pieces of legislation Gessler is hoping to get approved during the session.

Secretaries Of State At Center Of Election Battles

Megan Verlee — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:39:00 +0000

In his first year as Colorado's secretary of state, Republican Scott Gessler has been sued eight times.

He has outraged Democrats by rewriting the state's campaign finance rules, tangled with counties over which voters they can send mail-in ballots to, and attracted national attention for participating in a fundraiser to pay off a campaign finance fine levied by his office.

"We've definitely shaken up the status quo, and I think that's happened a bit in some other states, too," he says.

Gessler came to the office from a career as one of Colorado's top Republican campaign lawyers, and he

Ballots to Stay English-only, For Now

Erin OToole — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:34:04 +0000

Sixteen Colorado counties will print ballots in English only for this November’s election, after a federal mandate to have them printed in both English and Spanish failed to materialize in time.