Posted on 09/07/2013 11:19:58 AM PDT by RandallFlagg
DENVER - Political stuntman Jon Caldara plans to vote Saturday in El Paso County's recall election even though he lives in Boulder, a move critics claim is voter fraud but that Caldara says shows problems with a new election law Democrats passed.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...
Caldara kicks arse.
PING!
Clickable YouTube link:
http://youtu.be/KtVngVehsmk
The facts from this story are vague to any outsider. What, exactly, are the laws that Caldara is flouting, why does he think he can get away with it, and who is responsible for them?
I've had a few email conversations with Jon, and I know Amy Oliver there at the Independence Institute.
Gonna be interesting to see what happens Tuesday.
Had you gone to the linked article and read it, your questions would have been answered.
I have taught this in seminars about the Texas Election Code over and over.
Let’s assume you have an apartment in Dallas and you can receive mail there. Plus, you own a house in Lubbock and can receive mail there. Plus, you own a condominium in Houston and can receive mail there. You also occasionally, live with a friend and you can get mail there. WHERE DO YOU VOTE?
The answer is wherever you want, but you can register to vote in only one of those places.
To vote anywhere, you must have a place to live where you get mail and a PO Box won’t do, has to be a physical address.
You decide where you want to vote, no one else does. Pick the one you want to register in, and register to vote there.
The man in question in this post is going to establish residence in Texas, a place to live where he can get mail, and register to vote there - he can do that.
I read it and the links, but still the details are vague.
Stalin
The man in question in this post is going to establish residence in Texas...
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The El Paso County referred to is in Colorado.
Condensed: Democrats changed voting laws around establishing residency. If you have been in CO 22 days prior to an election, you can go to any district, and with an address in that district, register to vote, claiming your “intent” to make that address your permanent home, e.g. given yesterday, check into a motel in the district.
So, while Caldera lives in Boulder County, he is going to vote in El Paso county. Oh, and he can not be challenged on his claim, because that has been defined as voter intimidation.
Know Your Voting Rights! Bring in the Vote Colorado!
Posted by jccaldara on Sep 05 2013 | Election Law, elections, Video
I wanted to make sure you saw the media release we sent earlier today, along with the video we made. Below you’ll find the release followed by the video.
The Independence Institute president will exercise his legal voting rights in next week’s recall election, casting a ballot in a district outside his current residence.
Independence Institute president Jon Caldara’s decision to vote in the Senate District 11 recall kicks off the “Bring in the Vote” educational campaign, highlighting the significant legal changes in Colorado’s “Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act,” signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 10.
Calling attention to the lax new election law sponsored by Senators John Morse and Angela Giron, both facing recall elections, Caldara announced that he has the “intention” to make his permanent home in Senate District 11, currently represented by Morse.
Under HB 1303, the “intention” to establish residence along with a few minor requirements such as being 18 years of age, living in Colorado for 22 days, and having an address in the district, permits almost anyone to “Bring in the Vote” and cast a ballot in any district.
“It is my belief that this extremely sloppy new election law was designed to legally move voters into districts where their vote is most useful. I will show how this dangerous new law works by easily and legally voting in the John Morse recall election,” explained Caldara.
“John Morse sponsored this law and worked its passage through the Senate. And now, sadly, under this law future Colorado elections will be decided by which candidate has the most buses.”
To inform voters concerning their voting rights under the new law, the Independence Institute has launched an educational website: www.BringInTheVote.com.
“Though we may disagree on issues and candidates, I hope we all will agree that all Coloradans should be fully informed of their new voting rights and how to exercise them,” Caldara said.
and Turning in ballots by the tens (no seriously): Colorado Recall.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3063677/posts
Colorado sheriffs rally behind recall, against Michael Bloomberg.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3063562/posts
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
The Independence Institute president will exercise his legal voting rights in next week’s recall election, casting a ballot in a district outside his current residence.
Independence Institute president Jon Caldara’s decision to vote in the Senate District 11 recall kicks off the “Bring in the Vote” educational campaign, highlighting the significant legal changes in Colorado’s “Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act,” signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 10.
Calling attention to the lax new election law sponsored by Senators John Morse and Angela Giron, both facing recall elections, Caldara announced that he has the “intention” to make his permanent home in Senate District 11, currently represented by Morse.
Under HB 1303, the “intention” to establish residence along with a few minor requirements such as being 18 years of age, living in Colorado for 22 days, and having an address in the district, permits almost anyone to “Bring in the Vote” and cast a ballot in any district.
“It is my belief that this extremely sloppy new election law was designed to legally move voters into districts where their vote is most useful. I will show how this dangerous new law works by easily and legally voting in the John Morse recall election,” explained Caldara.
“John Morse sponsored this law and worked its passage through the Senate. And now, sadly, under this law future Colorado elections will be decided by which candidate has the most buses.”
To inform voters concerning their voting rights under the new law, the Independence Institute has launched an educational website: www.BringInTheVote.com.
“Though we may disagree on issues and candidates, I hope we all will agree that all Coloradans should be fully informed of their new voting rights and how to exercise them,” Caldara said.
But it sounds the same as the Texas law. He is getting a place to live, an apartment is fine, where he can get mail and will register and vote. The clerk there says he can do that and that is like Texas. He then has two residences. It doesn’t matter where he pays taxes or if he homesteads the one he owns, or lives in one all the time except voting day and on that day goes to the other one where he registered to vote.
He can be registered to vote in only one. If the state voter list shows him to be registered in two places, he breaks the law. It’s the same in Texas.
Thank you!
“Under HB 1303, the “intention” to establish residence along with a few minor requirements such as being 18 years of age, living in Colorado for 22 days, and having an address in the district, permits almost anyone to “Bring in the Vote” and cast a ballot in any district.”
So, in Texas are you allowed to register and vote on the same day? I know some states allow this, which I think encourages voter fraud.
No, Texas has a waiting period, can’t register and vote the same day. If Colorado can register and vote the same day, that part is different than Texas.
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