Colorado Democrats (as well as Democrats all over the country) recognize that changing the rules involving election process issues helps Democrats win elections. They also know that if you can package the suggested changes as “trying to make voting more accessible,” then the victims of the process changes tend to keep quiet. The central fact remains: Democrats propose these changes not for good government reasons, but to help them win and keep power, period. If the changes did not benefit Democrats, Democrats would not propose them. Colorado Democrats are planning sweeping changes to how elections are run in the state, to the dismay of Republican leaders who say they’ve been excluded from crafting a bill that that would allow same-day voter registration and require mailed ballots to every eligible voter. A bill of more than 100 pages is expected to be introduced this week, likely sparking a big partisan fight over whether the changes benefit one party over the other, according to the Associated Press. Supporters of the changes, which also include eliminating the so-called “inactive voter” status, say the goal is to make voting more accessible. “I think people are like me, they just want people engaged in the Democratic process,” said Democratic Sen. Angela Giron, one of the bill sponsors. She insisted they didn’t exclude Republicans from the process. Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who oversees elections and has butted heads with Democrats on a range of issues, said the bill was “written in complete secrecy excluding anyone who may have a different point of view.”
The Colorado Springs Gazette: