On May 25, the Colorado legislature sent HB 1271 to the Governor. He has 30 days from that day to either sign or veto the bill. The bill eases ballot access for independent candidates. Currently no one may be an independent candidate (except for President) if the person was registered as a member of a qualified party for a year before filing. The bill makes that law less restrictive, and only looks at the independent candidate’s registration history back to January 1 of the election year.