Buck Pressured Official to Submit Incorrect Election Results

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Buck Pressured Official to Submit Incorrect Election Results

May 6, 2020 at 10:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 18 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/06/buck-pressured-official-to-submit-incorrect-election-results/

"SNIP......

Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), the Colorado Republican Party Chair, “pressured a local party official to submit incorrect election results to set the primary ballot for a state Senate seat,” according to audio obtained by the Denver Post.

Buck is heard insisting that this is an “order of the central committee.”

The local official resisted committing a misdemeanor.

.....SNIP"

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1. Fellow Republican says congressman tried to bully him into committing a crime

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/05/06/colorado-ken-buck-gop-primary/

At issue is the Republican primary for the District 10 seat currently held by Sen. Owen Hill, who’s term-limited. State Rep. Larry Liston and GOP activist David Stiver both ran for it. To qualify for the November ballot via the caucus and assembly process, a candidate must receive 30% of the vote from Republicans within the district.

During a district assembly in March, Liston received 75% of the vote and Stiver just 24%, according to documents filed later in Denver District Court. Stiver complained the election was unfair, and the issue was taken up with the state central committee, which agreed, Buck said in an interview Wednesday.

The central committee consists of nearly 500 members, including elected officials and county officers. About 200 were on the line during an April 17 conference call in which the group voted to place Stiver on the ballot for the seat, even though he failed to receive 30% of the district’s votes. After the vote, Buck asked Bremer, the District 10 chair, whether he would comply with the committee’s decision.

[snip - tho' you are missing a hoot if you don't read the surreal phone call between Buck and Bremer, as well as Buck's later attempt to pass off his actions as 'tradition']

District Court Chief Judge Michael Martinez ruled Monday that any certificate of designation filed with the Secretary of State’s Office showing Stiver as a candidate would violate state law because he did not receive at least 30% of the district’s votes.

Wow! Nobody explains what was 'unfair' about the election, other than the loser being unhappy about not getting enough votes. COVID-19 gets blamed as well. What a circus. Good for Bremer standing his ground.

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2. That's how you know it's a republi-CON.

republi-CONS CHEAT.

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3. Great T-Shirt idea.

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4. K & R for exposure.