More corporate money flows into Colorado’s ranked-choice voting

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Post Independent
Article date: 
1 November 2024
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Colorado News
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In another sign of outside pressure put on Colorado voters’ decision on Proposition 131, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren releases statement opposing effort.

Wealthy donors with corporate ties have driven millions of dollars in new fundraising for Proposition 131 — the ballot measure seeking to overhaul Colorado’s election system — in the campaign’s final days...

Warren called the ballot proposal “election reform that is a wolf in sheep’s clothing — completely funded by billionaires to tilt the political landscape towards their own special interests.”

Sen. Michael Bennet posted a video to the social media platform X on Monday urging Colorado voters to ask “why Chevron has now given half a million dollars to join all the millions of out of state money” that is seeking to rewrite the state’s election laws. 

“Do you think it’s because Chevron cares about Colorado’s democracy?” said Bennet, the most prominent Colorado politician to come out against the measure...

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