November 6, 2012
Thousands of mail ballots rejected
Arapahoe County voters overwhelmed the Counterpoint Plaza offices in Aurora, Colorado. Thousands of Colorado mail ballots have been rejected because of signature issues. Read more on the election in Colorado, including a live blog and up-to-date results at http://www.denverpost.com/politics. 
(Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)

Thousands of mail ballots rejected

Arapahoe County voters overwhelmed the Counterpoint Plaza offices in Aurora, Colorado. Thousands of Colorado mail ballots have been rejected because of signature issues. Read more on the election in Colorado, including a live blog and up-to-date results at http://www.denverpost.com/politics.

(Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)

July 15, 2011
Gay-marriage effort planned for Colorado's 2012 ballot

Propelled by the advancement of gay rights across the country over the past few years, Aurora college student Mark Olmstead hopes to overturn the 2006 ballot measure that defined marriage in Colorado as between a man and a woman.

The state’s title board will review the language of his ballot- initiative proposal next week. If it is approved, the next step will be to collect 86,000 signatures to get the initiative before voters in the 2012 election.

March 10, 2011
Denver UFO guy makes mayoral ballot

Jeff Peckman watches a video of a supposed alien, viewed through a video camera viewfinder.

Odd news from The Spot blog: Denver’s UFO ambassador Jeff Peckman, well-known for launching a failed campaign to create a seven-member commission tasked with collecting evidence that extraterrestrials and aliens have been visiting Earth, now is officially on the ballot for Denver Mayor. (Photo by Nathan W. Armes, Special to The Denver Post)

(Source: The Denver Post)

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