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Sponsors push odd‑year party vacancy elections for statehouse seats; committee advances bill with amendments
Summary
House Bill 13-15 would require odd‑year vacancy elections for legislative seats that occur within specified windows and add campaign finance and transparency rules; the committee adopted multiple amendments, including technical fixes and a removal of one proposed expansion, and sent the bill to Appropriations 9-2 as amended.
House Bill 13-15, sponsored by Minority Leader Puglisi and Rep. Sirota, would change how vacancies in the Colorado General Assembly are handled by creating a November odd‑year vacancy election limited to the departing officeholder’s major party (with unaffiliated voters allowed to participate). The bill retains a temporary appointment by the party vacancy committee but requires that the appointee face voters soon after their appointment.
Sponsors said the measure aims to give constituents a chance to vote for their representative sooner than waiting for the next regular election cycle while keeping costs down by holding the election in November rather than a…
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