Today at 3pm MT, Governor Jared Polis will sign two bills into law that will strengthen and protect voting and elections in Colorado. The Election Official Protection Act and the Colorado Election Security Act are a major defeat for right-wing extremists who attempted to overturn the 2020 election.

Today, Colorado Common Cause celebrated the end of a productive legislative session during which lawmakers passed legislation that will make voters and election workers safer and safeguard our election systems.

"For two years, partisan extremists have spread falsehoods about our elections because their preferred candidate for president in 2020 did not win. Today’s rally with out-of-towners is one more sad failure to face reality."

Yesterday, following a 2-day hearing, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado rejected a request by two candidates and a donor to halt enforcement of the state’s voter-approved campaign contribution limits—leaving those limits in effect for this year’s elections.

Colorado Common Cause, Common Cause, and the Campaign Legal Center yesterday filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit that threatens the state’s campaign finance laws for the 2022 election. The case, Lopez v. Griswold, is being heard by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Yesterday, more than 250 pro-democracy activists, led by Common Cause Colorado, rallied during the MLB All-Star Game festivities in support of The For The People Act. After the MLB relocated the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta, Georgia to Denver, Colorado, local pro-democracy organizations used the opportunity to celebrate Colorado’s voting laws and urge support for The For The People Act to set national standards for voting rights and election administration.