Elections

An independent mayoral candidate is poised to defeat his Republican opponent to become the first elected Black mayor in the conservative city of Colorado Springs, Colorado's second largest city.

Kirk Wertz 52, called the office of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold in June 2022 to say that the "angel of death was coming for her in the name of Jesus Christ" and was sentenced to two years of probation.

A judge sentenced Tina Peters on Monday to 120 hours of community service and four months of home detention with an ankle monitor for trying to prevent authorities from taking an iPad she allegedly used to video a court hearing. However, he put the sentence on hold while Peters appeals it.

The Colorado Republican Party has selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a “wartime” leader as its new chairman.

A former Colorado clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists has been convicted of a misdemeanor obstruction charge for refusing to turn over an iPad she allegedly used to videotape a court hearing. The case is separate from Tina Peters' alleged involvement in a security breach of voting machines.

Voters in the small, Northern Colorado town of Timnath appear to have narrowly passed a ballot measure that delays redistricting plans for several more years. Ballot question 3H asked voters to weigh in on when the town would shake up council elections, add council seats and create separate council districts.

Colorado’s election workers are on high alert. Threats have caused many of the state’s county clerks to reinforce their offices with new locks, walls and bulletproof glass. And some are taking other surprising steps to keep themselves safe despite new laws meant to protect them.

A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making online threats last year against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

If passed, the measure, Proposition 123, would provide an estimated $300 million annually to various affordable housing programs across the state. Voters will decide whether to pass the initiative in the November election.

Mike Lindell said federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him Tuesday about a Mesa County clerk Tina Peters, who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a "deceptive scheme" to breach voting system technology used across the country.