Tag: citizens project
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Lawsuit challenges Colorado Springs’ off-year elections
A lawsuit is challenging when Colorado Springs holds elections for mayor and City Council seats. The lawsuit was filed in Denver County District Court by the voting-rights and social-justice groups the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, Citizens Project, Common Cause Colorado and a Colorado Springs resident. The lawsuit argues that the…
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New challenge to Colorado Springs’ April elections cites state Voting Rights Act
A new challenge is brewing to Colorado Springs’ practice of holding city elections at a different time of year than the state and federal races. The League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, Citizens Project and the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School sent a letter to the city Thursday morning. The…
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IRS proposal poised to expand pastors’ rights to preach politics — Colorado Springs mayor, pastors weigh in
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A recent proposed settlement in a federal court case out of Texas that would change how churches intersect with politics has become what supporters call restoring free speech rights and opponents call breaching the separation of church and state. If the filing by the Internal…