Colorado GOP argues change to election committee meeting rule would impede transparency

“At a time when we need to be building up transparency and trust in our elections, Jena Griswold is changing rules to limit bipartisan input,” Colorado GOP Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown said in a statement. “She has now unilaterally decided that the Bipartisan Election [Advisory] Committee will meet only if she says so.”

“All Coloradans, regardless of their political party, need to have faith in our electoral system,” Burton Brown added. “By limiting bipartisan feedback on our elections, Jena Griswold has undermined that trust and contributed to increasing partisanship in Colorado.”

The majority party wants to spend the money on infrastructure projects at public universities and prisons, on roads and in education — even though the state budget is relatively flush and Colorado is receiving $3.8 billion in federal stimulus funding.

Doing this will require working around the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which is sure to bring pushback from Republicans. And, with 2022 elections just around the corner, voters may not like it either (in 2019, they rejected a Democratic ballot measure to let the state government keep TABOR refund money).