The veto of Colorado HB 1147 (the bill liberalizing the rules on who can be a petition circulator) has revived a pending lawsuit in federal court, Koehler v Davidson, 04B-1377. The lawsuit challenges Colorado law that won’t let anyone circulate a petition outside his or her home district. The plaintiffs wants to help get a Democratic candidate on the primary ballot, by carrying his petition, but they live outside the district. The judge had put the suit on hold since he knew the legislature was in the process of repealing the restriction. But now that the bill has been vetoed, the lawsuit will proceed.