05 May 2015

Denver Municipal Election Ballots Due Today At 7 p.m.

* Ballots in Denver's Municipal Election this year must be received by 7 p.m. today.  It is too late to drop them in the mail, but you can drop them at one of many locations around the city.

Many ballots, including the ones distributed to my wife and I have a misprint saying that they are due in June.

DISREGARD THIS JUNE DEADLINE STATEMENT PRINTED ON THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR BALLOT.  THIS IS A MISPRINT AND IF YOU DON'T VOTE BY 7 P.M. TODAY, YOUR VOTE WILL NOT BE COUNTED.

* In other Colorado political news, tomorrow is the last day of the 2015 legislative session, one in which Republicans have controlled the state senate and Democrats have controlled the state house.

As a result of the partisan split of control, many bills, even bills with broad bipartisan support in the third reading vote in the house where the bills were introduced, are being killed in the other house in a tit-for-tat that has been aptly described as mutual assured destruction.  The number of bills passed by the legislature this year may hit an all time low.

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