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2. COLORADO
2010 MidterM elections VOTeR GuIDe
What is the voter guide?
On November 2nd, the mid-term elections will be held all across America.
You will decide who will represent you in Congress and in your State
Capitol. Do you know who is running to represent you? Do you know
where they stand on issues that will affect your everyday life?
If not, don't worry… we got your back: This voter guide tells you what you
need to know before you step in the voting booth.
What's at stake?
Real talk, we are all struggling to answer some basic questions about our lives:
accessible & Comprehensive take on predatory lenders and de-
health Care velopers, and provide emergency
housing for people in crisis.
Can i see a doctor?
We believe high quality physical Climate Justice
and mental health care, including & Clean energy
full reproductive health services and
prescription drugs, is a right and must Can we survive?
be affordable and accessible to all. Real talk: Its now or never. We
should be a leader in building a
affordable & clean energy future. This will cre-
accessible housing ate millions of new jobs, improve
Can i have a place to live? our health, and avoid future wars.
We believe decent, safe, accessible We need to get serious switching
and affordable housing is a right from dirty coal and nuclear power
for all. The government should to wind and solar energy.

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healthy Jobs & economy safety in our World
Can i make a decent living? Can we have real peace and
We believe workers, the backbone safety?
of this country, have a right to paid Real national security comes from
sick days and a living family wage. being a respected and respectful
Workers should have the right to member of the global community.
organize without fear. This is how This means ending torture and other
we revive the middle class and al- human rights abuses. It also means
leviate poverty. ending the war in Iraq and offering
strategic humanitarian relief.
Quality & affordable education
Can i go to college without being voting rights &
in debt for the rest of my life? election reform
We believe every young person Can i vote? Will my vote be
in this country has the right to a counted? What's up with politicians
high-quality, affordable education trying to make it harder for us to
from pre-school through college. vote? Why can't i register and vote
on the same day, like my friends in
rights for New americans Minnesota and Wisconsin? Can i be
Can i be treated with respect sure my vote is counted?
regardless of where i was born? We believe voting is a right for
Immigration policy should not all citizens, including students
criminalize people for seeking attending college out of state,
a better life. We are a nation of felons, and people who need
immigrants and diversity is our special help to participate. We
strength. We need fair and hu- support public financing to take
mane immigration reform that money out of politics. We oppose
keeps families together, offers ID requirements and other
pathways to citizenship, fair com- discriminatory barriers to voting.
pensation, and basic services like
health care and college loans.
safe Communities
Can i feel safe on my street?
Building more prisons doesn’t
make us safer. Instead of our generation
spending $40,000 a year is facing a critical moment
locking someone up, that will define our country for
we should invest in job years to come. as a coalition of new
training, education voters, we were a huge factor in both
counselors, drug rehab 2006 and 2008. We will be the difference
and programs that lift again in this election! too much is at stake in
people up. We must this election to sit this out… get to know where
take the safety of the candidates stand on our issues, then get
women seriously in out and vote on November 2nd!
our homes and on
the streets. We’ve got this and other non partisan
voter guides online, so check us out at
www.generationalalliance.org — share it
with your friends, send to your mom.

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state. In the upcoming election there are 8 ballot amendments
in Colorado, so we’ve highlighted a few that have a direct
impact on us. If you want the full list you can check out
Colorado’s board of elections page.
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choice meaning- no statute, regulation, resolution, or policy adopted or
enforced by the state of Colorado could require any person directly or
indirectly to participate in any public or private health insurance plan,
health coverage plan, health benefit plan, or similar plan. Also it would
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highlighted two races but to see all the races check out
Colorado’s board of elections page.
the goverNor: (DMV), construction, education,
legal matters, law enforcement)
• Oversees all public related op- • Communicates directly with the
erations (I.e. paying taxes, cars state legislature

5. • • • • 2 01 0 M i dt e r M e l ec t i o n s VOT e R G u I D e • • • •
• Accounts for all state money • Advocate and work to prioritize
received and spent the issues most important to
• Appoints certain officers as re- their constituents
quired by the state constitution
and statutes and fills vacancies the senate is responsible for:
in state offices
• Investigate pressing national issues
• Signs or vetoes bills passed by
• Supervise the actions of the
the Legislature
• Calls elections to fill vacancies for judicial and executive branches
members of the u.S. Congress of government
• Issues requisitions for the return • Confirm or rejecting treaties
of accused persons initiated by the President
• Enforces all criminal laws • Confirm any Presidential ap-
pointments (Supreme Court
Who’s running? judges, Attorney General etc)
Jaimes Brown • Try any federal official accused
Libertarian Party of a crime after the House votes
www.jaimesbrown.com to impeach that official
303-349-9188 • Filibuster during debates on
Jason Clark bills- a filibuster is when an in-
Independent dividual Senator can choose to
www.jasonclarkforgovernor.com delay or entirely prevent a vote
720-514-0623 on a bill
Paul Fiorino
Who’s running?
Independent
www.fiorinoforcolorado.com Michael Bennet
303-825-7570 Democratic Party
John hickenlooper www.bennetforcolorado.com
Democratic Party 303-433-0022
www.hickenlooperforcolorado.com ken Buck
303-831-4425
Republican Party
dan Maes www.buckforcolorado.com
Republican Party 303-756-2825
www.danmaes.com
303-781-6237 Bob kinsey
Green Party
tom tancredo
American Conservative Party www.kinseyforsenate.org
www.tancredoforgovernor2010.org 303-949-4073
303-858-8336 Charley Miller
Independent
seNators: www.charleymiller2010.wordpress.com
• Draft, introduce and sponsor
new bills J. Moromisato
• Debate and pass bills to go Independent
before the President vetoes or www.jmoromisatoussenate.com
signs them into law 303-321-0577

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So you’ve made your decision about
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which candidate you’re voting for ments of part 3 of ar-
and what you’re voting on but ticle 2 of title 42, C.R.S.;
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this state;
Colorado election
• A valid pilot’s license issued by
Protection information the federal aviation administra-
If you need more information tion or other authorized agency
about election rules and of the united States;
regulations contact your County
• A valid United States military
Elections Official at: http://
identification card with a
www.elections.colorado.
photograph;
gov, the Colorado Secretary
of State website at: http:// • A copy of a current utility bill,
www.sos.state.co.us or visit bank statement, government
the 866 OurVote website at: check, paycheck, or other gov-
http://www.866ourvote.org a ernment document that shows
resource created by the Lawyers’ your name and address;
Committee for Civil Rights under • A valid medicare or medicaid
Law and its partners. card issued by the united
Polling Place hours States health care financing
administration;
election Day: November 2, 2010
7 a.m.–7 p.m. • A certified copy of your birth
certificate issued in the united
how to Check registration States;
Call 1-866-OuR-VOTe • Certified documentation of
use the registration tool on the naturalization; or
Secretary of State’s website. • A valid student identification
Contact your County elections card with a photograph issued
Official by an institution of higher edu-
cation in Colorado, as defined in
voting information section 23-3.1-102 (5), C.R.S.
identification required to vote If you do not have one of these forms
• A valid Colorado driver’s license; of identification, you will be required
to fill out a provisional ballot.
• A valid identification card issued
by the Department of Revenue how to Find Your Polling Place
in accordance with the require-
Call 1-866-OuR-VOTe

7. • • • • 2 01 0 M i dt e r M e l ec t i o n s VOT e R G u I D e • • • •
Visit the Secretary of State’s information For People
website or contact your County
who have Moved or
Elections Official
Changed addresses
absentee voting
If a voter moves from one county
Any registered voter can vote by Mail- in Colorado to another with the in-
In (or Absentee) Ballot either perma- tention of making the new county
nently or for just for this election.
a permanent residence, after 30
rules and deadlines: days the voter has lost residency
If you wish to have your Mail-In in the county they used to live in.
Ballot mailed to you, the applica- In order to be eligible to vote, the
tion must be received by your voter must re-register with the
County Clerk’s Office by close of County Clerk in the new county
business on the Tuesday that is they live in.
7 days before the election. 2010
General election deadline: Octo- For the 28 days before and on the
ber 26th. day of any election, any registered
voter who appears in person at
Mail-In Ballots may be obtained
in person at the County Clerk’s the office of the clerk and recorder
Office until close of business on of the county where they’re reg-
the Friday before the election. istered, may complete a change
2010 General election Deadline: of address form stating that they
October 29th. moved no later than the 30th day
Absentee ballots must be received before the election and that, on
by the County Clerk no later than election day they will have lived at
7:00pm on election Day. the new address in the new pre-
cinct for at least thirty days.
early voting
A voter who moves from the
Colorado allows for early voting county where they are registered
during regular business hours for
during the 29 days before any
ten days before a primary election
election, and therefore after the
and a special legislative elec-
tion and for fifteen days before registration period has closed,
a general election. 2010 General can vote by an absentee ballot, by
election: early voting begins on early voting, or at the polling place
October 18th. of the precinct where they were
already registered.
To find your early voting polling
place, contact your County elec- information for People
tions Official. The last day for early
voting at the early voters’ polling
with Felony Convictions
place for the General election is by Anybody who is convicted of a
close of business the Friday pre- felony and is either incarcerated
ceding the election. 2010 General or on parole is ineligible to vote.
election: October 29th upon completion of your sen-
2010 general election: tence and/or release from parole,
october 29, 2010 you must re-register to vote

8. The Generational Alliance (www.generationalalliance.org) is a 501(c)3
collaboration of 15 national youth organizations building collective power
for underrepresented & low-income communities. We're working together
to win real change for our generation on the issues we face on a daily basis.
We're not just around for the election.
Our members are on the block 24-7, 365 days of the year to bring the
change that our communities need. The GA members have come together
with our strategic partners to make sure our communities have all the
information they need to get out there and vote this election because our
generation is facing a critical moment that will define our country for years
to come. Too much is at stake in this election to sit this out…