Colorado State Court Says Petitioner’s Work is Valid Even if He Moved During the Petition Drive and Didn’t Update his Voter Registration

On April 29, a Colorado state trial court ruled that a petition is valid, even if the circulator moved during the petition drive and did not re-register at his new address. As a result, Jon Keyser, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, will be on the August primary ballot. Here is the four-page opinion in Keyser v Williams, Denver District Court 2016-cv-31500.

The candidate needed 10,500 valid signatures and had submitted 16,067. Candidates in Colorado primaries do not need petitions if they have substantial support at a party caucus, but Keyser did not have that caucus support so he was forced to use the petition alternative.


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