Record voter registrations in Colorado

[donco6]

The polls could be way off if this continues.


http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=28c25423-0abe-421a-00ee-0aedd220cfac&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

[El Supremo]

1. More Democrats!!!!

I almost posted that link.

Now who thinks that Coloradio should slpit it's electoral votes? It is looking more and more that the highest state will go for the loftiest candidate.

[21winner]

6. Nice words.

Does anyone think that Republicans are out registering Democrats?

[tedoll78]

9. At this point..

I want the ballot measure to fail.

At first, I wanted it to pass, thinking, "Hey.. it's a guaranteed 4 electoral votes?"

But then I did some thinking. Specifically, I began to envision a scenario in which Kerry would come to depend on those four electoral votes in order to win in the Electoral College. And then I envisioned the natural progression of such a scenario: the Republicans, as is typical to them, would sue, claiming that the Colorado ballot initiative would be unConstitutional.

The U.S. Constitution requires each state legislature to determine how that state's electoral votes are determined. Because this is a referendum put on the ballot by the people, and because the proportional electoral vote law is a citizen-passed law, it would (at least on the face of it) not mesh with the Constitution's requirements.

And it doesn't really matter if it's a viable argument. I'm undecided on that matter. Just the very fact that the GOP would have this convenient reason to go to court scares me. If they have anything on which to base a case, they can drive the case all the way to the Supreme Court and rely on those same damn 5 justices. THAT's at the heart of my fears.

{Alternatively, if Bush uses those 4EVs to win in the Electoral College, the U.S. Supreme Court will find in his favor should Kerry decide to sue. It really isn't a matter of legal argument; it's just the idea of the case going to USSC. Sucks!}

So I don't think Kerry should decide to rely on those 4 electoral votes. He should hope that the referendum fails, and he should go for the jugular in Colorado. Besides.. it already looks like the scalpel is pretty close to Bush's Colorado hopes there..

[featherman]

2. Big increase in registration = good news for DEMS

In 2000, Nader was huge in CO with over 5%. The combined Gore/Nader vote trailed the combined Bush/Buchanan vote by about 63000 votes (about 3.5 %). We shall see how this plays out.

[cthrumatrix]

3. there are more democrats.... keep it up

great job

[sonicx]

4. good news for us

they aren't registering for the status quo. :)

[UCLA Dem]

5. God I hope their Democrats!!!

[kentuck]

7. Democrats have been a third party in Colorado for some time...

Registered Repubs far outnumber Democrats and Independents are second in registration. However, the Independents can be rather unpredictable. I'm hoping we pull Colorado thru... :)

[Carla in Ca]

8. I was wondering why a red state would be splitting

the votes. This story makes that move make sense.

[RobertDevereaux]

10. Here in Larimer County, we are making a major effort...

...on many fronts, and I can only imagine this is being repeated throughout the state of Colorado.

[sonicx]

11. they said nearly 3 million are registered for 2004. back in 2000...

2,274,152 were registered. :o

(population growth accounts for some it, however)

http://www.fec.gov/pages/2000turnout/reg&to00.htm