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To: mountainlion
Hickenlooper is required according to the Colorado Constitution to set election dates within 60 days after the CO Secretary of State has certified the recall petitions.

That would be an election by Sept 3 for Morse and by Sept 8th for Giron.

12 posted on 07/17/2013 12:18:13 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel
That would be an election by Sept 3 for Morse and by Sept 8th for Giron.

Gessler is correct Hickloopy has to set the date upon receiving the recall certifications that should be a 30 day window after 1 month and less than 60 days.

" "The Colorado Constitution requires the Governor to set a recall-election date as soon as he receives a recall petition and sufficiency certification from the Secretary," Gessler says in the complaint.

Quoting from the state constitution, the complaint continues: "When such petition is sufficient, the officer with whom such recall petition was filed [the Secretary], shall forthwith submit said petition, together with a certificate of its sufficiency to the governor, who shall thereupon order and fix the date for holding the election not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days from the date of submission of said petition; provided that if a general election is to be held within ninety days after the submission of said petition, the recall election shall be held as part of the general election."

This is a two-part election. The first one 'shall there be a recall of the elected official', and if that is a "yes," than the candidate election shall happen within 90 days.

Hickyloopy is doing his best to drag it out and not following the Constitution.

14 posted on 07/17/2013 12:41:00 PM PDT by Red Steel
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