Mayor hails passage of election measure
Rocky Mountain News
Published January 31, 2007 at midnight
Mayor John Hickenlooper said he’s delighted voters replaced the Denver Election Commission with a clerk and recorder to carry out future elections in the city.
"This outcome concurs with the recommendations of our Election Commission Investigative Panel and will restore confidence in Denver's electoral system," the mayor said in a press release.
"We're grateful to Councilman Michael Hancock and others who served on the panel and we thank them for their leadership. We congratulate Councilwoman Rosemary Rodriguez, Auditor Dennis Gallagher and many others who worked so hard to develop and pass this initiative."
Yesterday, Denver voters passed a measure by 2-to-1 to replace the election commission in the wake of an election fiasco in November that saw lines several hours long to vote on statewide issues.
The new clerk and recorder will be elected in the municipal election May 1 when Hickenlooper and all 13 City Council members stand for re-election.
The existing election commission will run that vote and a June runoff, if one is necessary.
Karen Morrissey, who had been running for a spot on the commission, lamented the decision. "I’m very disappointed. The change, by itself, doesn’t fix any problems," she said.
Now the question becomes who will become the city’s first elected clerk and recorder, an official who will have 15 months to prepare for the August 2008 presidential primary.
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