Colorado To Tighten Petition Verification For Candidates

DENVER (AP) — Colorado is tightening requirements for the petitions gathered by would-be political candidates.
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A bill that passed the Senate 34-0 Friday sets a signature-verification procedure for those ballots. It says the state has to check signatures against an existing voter database, instead of just verifying names and addresses.
The upgrade was inspired by last year’s Senate primary, when forged signatures were found on some petitions from a Republican seeking to