Please don't be reactive but truly give thoughts & allow public input before making this big & expensive decision!
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Douglas Riley
10 years ago
I am opposed to an "open" primary, and we need time for people's voices to be heard.
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Joy Overbeck
10 years ago
Put the brakes on this until there's lots of ppls input; caucus has much grassroots merit that primary lacks.
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Steve Laffey
10 years ago
Only republicans vote in Republican primaries...I don't get to play gold at augusta nation, I am not a member.
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Greg Dickinson
10 years ago
Please kill this bill, there are better solutions.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
NO OPEN PRIMARY!!!
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Mike Cowan
10 years ago
Too soon to vote on this. Give it some time. This petition alone is evidence that more consideration and discussion is needed.
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David Brown
10 years ago
I am against the idea of an open primary in any form whatsoever.
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Jimmy Sengenberger
10 years ago
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Emotions are running high, and many Coloradans do not understand the significant issues at play with the current and alternative processes. Our legislators should hold off on making a rash decision and address the issue in the next legislative session, after the 2016 elections have passed.
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Terri Lamer
10 years ago
please do not consider this legislation. We need to give this due process and time for public input.
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Nancy
10 years ago
This bill needs to be put to rest and NOW. Please do NOT allow this bill to go any further. Now is NOT the time to rush through a bill just because there was a lot of noise surrounding the process that the noise makers didn't understand. This is not MOB RULE. We are a representative government.
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Carol Beckler
10 years ago
This should wait until this election is done, there is so much cofusion, on what is the best way to handle this situtation.
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Rip Blaisdell
10 years ago
Retain a republican process.
Retain caucuses to determine presidential slate just like we do Senate and Congressional slates.
No petitions to access primary ballot - everyone must go through convention selection process.
No open primary - Republicans must be registered minimum of 60 days prior to primary.
No super delegates.
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Al Kolwicz
10 years ago
This decision must be made thoughtfully. Please do not rush it.
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Rexford L Louth
10 years ago
I am NOT in favor of an "open" primary. One should have to declare a party to have input to that party's nominee.
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Joan Lucia-Treese
10 years ago
More time is needed to fully evaluate the proposed changes vs. the caucus process.
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Larry Sarner
10 years ago
It's pretty clear to me that grassroots-caucuses have more legitimacy than mail-in primaries. Plus, the State has no business telling political parties how to select their presidential nominees. Even if the larger public opinion is that a primary is nonetheless desirable, we have another three years to finally choose and settle the details. Pushing this decision now is so obviously hasty that I question the motives of the proponents proposing it now, especially in what appears to be a rush-job at the last minute in the legislative session. If it unwisely passes and the governor signs it, a later legislature should repeal it at the earliest opportunity.
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Bill Bennett
10 years ago
More input is needed to fix the Colorado primary process. Open primaries are patently ridiculous. Defer this legislation, please.
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Mary Eberle
10 years ago
Please, not a presidential primary as laid out in HB16-1454--it has too many built-in problems. I personally would like to keep the March caucus AND have a presidential primary in conjunction with an early June state primary (for our state senators and representatives, county commissioners, etc.). Representative Everett suggested this approach in the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs hearing on Monday afternoon (4/25/16). It would save a lot of money and give Colorado voters a say if, as this year, the races go down to the wire.
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Dan Green
10 years ago
Our caucus system has worked well since 1912, notwithstanding criticism from those who failed to participate this cycle. Why would we adopt an expensive binding primary, spending millions of dollars just to coerce delegates to vote a particular way, on just one ballot? And if we held a general ballot (not at caucus) to elect delegates directly, we would be putting the expense of running for delegate well out of reach for the average citizen. Why would we do that? Essentially, primaries move political processes into back rooms, aggrandizing power to party bosses and insiders. We really need some time to think this through. I encourage our GOP Senators to table this until the next session, rather than hurriedly pass something that will so profoundly change the process.
Please don't be reactive but truly give thoughts & allow public input before making this big & expensive decision!
I am opposed to an "open" primary, and we need time for people's voices to be heard.
Put the brakes on this until there's lots of ppls input; caucus has much grassroots merit that primary lacks.
Only republicans vote in Republican primaries...I don't get to play gold at augusta nation, I am not a member.
Please kill this bill, there are better solutions.
NO OPEN PRIMARY!!!
Too soon to vote on this. Give it some time. This petition alone is evidence that more consideration and discussion is needed.
I am against the idea of an open primary in any form whatsoever.
Emotions are running high, and many Coloradans do not understand the significant issues at play with the current and alternative processes. Our legislators should hold off on making a rash decision and address the issue in the next legislative session, after the 2016 elections have passed.
please do not consider this legislation. We need to give this due process and time for public input.
This bill needs to be put to rest and NOW. Please do NOT allow this bill to go any further. Now is NOT the time to rush through a bill just because there was a lot of noise surrounding the process that the noise makers didn't understand. This is not MOB RULE. We are a representative government.
This should wait until this election is done, there is so much cofusion, on what is the best way to handle this situtation.
Retain a republican process. Retain caucuses to determine presidential slate just like we do Senate and Congressional slates. No petitions to access primary ballot - everyone must go through convention selection process. No open primary - Republicans must be registered minimum of 60 days prior to primary. No super delegates.
This decision must be made thoughtfully. Please do not rush it.
I am NOT in favor of an "open" primary. One should have to declare a party to have input to that party's nominee.
More time is needed to fully evaluate the proposed changes vs. the caucus process.
It's pretty clear to me that grassroots-caucuses have more legitimacy than mail-in primaries. Plus, the State has no business telling political parties how to select their presidential nominees. Even if the larger public opinion is that a primary is nonetheless desirable, we have another three years to finally choose and settle the details. Pushing this decision now is so obviously hasty that I question the motives of the proponents proposing it now, especially in what appears to be a rush-job at the last minute in the legislative session. If it unwisely passes and the governor signs it, a later legislature should repeal it at the earliest opportunity.
More input is needed to fix the Colorado primary process. Open primaries are patently ridiculous. Defer this legislation, please.
Please, not a presidential primary as laid out in HB16-1454--it has too many built-in problems. I personally would like to keep the March caucus AND have a presidential primary in conjunction with an early June state primary (for our state senators and representatives, county commissioners, etc.). Representative Everett suggested this approach in the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs hearing on Monday afternoon (4/25/16). It would save a lot of money and give Colorado voters a say if, as this year, the races go down to the wire.
Our caucus system has worked well since 1912, notwithstanding criticism from those who failed to participate this cycle. Why would we adopt an expensive binding primary, spending millions of dollars just to coerce delegates to vote a particular way, on just one ballot? And if we held a general ballot (not at caucus) to elect delegates directly, we would be putting the expense of running for delegate well out of reach for the average citizen. Why would we do that? Essentially, primaries move political processes into back rooms, aggrandizing power to party bosses and insiders. We really need some time to think this through. I encourage our GOP Senators to table this until the next session, rather than hurriedly pass something that will so profoundly change the process.