Bill would give candidates a choice to assign their watcher of preference in recounts
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
When the smoke began to clear in El Paso County's House District 16 election in mid-November, Republican Rebecca Keltie had won election to the seat by seven votes.
Or, so it might have appeared. The margin was not beyond the state's requirement for a mandatory recount, so Keltie was forced to sweat it out until Dec. 5 to be certified the winner, following a recount.
House Bill 25-1155, by Republican Rep. Mary Bradfield and Democrat Rep. Cecelia Espenoza, would give candidates like Keltie an added opportunity, should they become a candidate in a runoff.
"This is a simple bill," Bradfield said. "In a recount, the candidates have an option of having their own watcher present."
The bill was supported on second reading in the Colorado House...