Colorado Supreme Court rules GOP lawmaker should be kept off ballot

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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday afternoon that GOP incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn (http://thehill.com/people/doug-lamborn) can’t appear on the ballot in the 2018 Republican primary.
The court said Ryan Tipple, one of the petitioners Lamborn hired to collect the the required signatures to qualify, was not a bona fide resident of Colorado, which is required by election law, making the signatures invalid.
“We recognize the gravity of this conclusion, but Colorado law does not permit us to conclude otherwise,” the court said in the ruling (https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2018/18SA176.pdf).

A group of Republicans in Lamborn’s district filed the lawsuit, questioning whether people Lamborn had hired lived in the state, and therefore the validity of the signatures.

The plaintiffs argued that the petition circulators, while registered Colorado voters, only had residence in the state for the purpose of working for Lamborn.

More at: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/384489-colorado-supreme-court-rules-gop-lawmaker-should-be-kept-off-ballot

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Dist.5: Doug Lamborn (https://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=828&nameid=L000564) - 75%

Is his opposition better?

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Lamborn's attorneys argued that the residency requirement is unconstitutional. But the Colorado Supreme Court said it lacks jurisdiction to rule on the constitutionality of the rule and said he'd have to take his case up with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ryan Call, an attorney for Lamborn's campaign, told Politico (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/23/doug-lamborn-colorado-primary-ballot-supreme-court-546058) the congressman intends to do that.
"We believe, quite frankly, denying a sitting congressman the right to participate in a primary election where the residency of the circulator denies the otherwise valid petition signatures is unconstitutional," Call said. "We intend to file an action in federal district court, and there are a number of cases that find that the residency requirement for circulators as unconstitutional."

More at: https://www.upi.com/https:/www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/04/23/Colorado-congressmans-name-may-not-be-put-on-ballot-due-to-technicality/9941524534728/

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Residency is only important when it comes to acquiring ballot signatures.