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Bray v. Griswold
Closed
Bray v. Griswold, No. 20CV195 (Colo. Dist. Ct., Denver Cnty.) |
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| Case Summary | Diana Bray petitioned the Court seeking to be placed on the 2020 Democratic primary ballot as a candidate for Senate after Defendant Colorado Secretary of State issued a Statement of Insufficiency of signatures Bray had collected for her petition to be on the ballot. Bray sought the following relief from the Court: 1) to stop all in-person signature gathering for candidates and ballot initiatives; 2) to permit online signature collection for candidates and ballot initiatives because face-to-face signature gathering during a pandemic and public health emergency is hazardous for circulators, candidates and the public, and does not comply with the mandate by Governor Polis to engage in social distancing; 3) to find she has made “substantial efforts to comply” with the petition requirements based on the number of signatures she submitted and order the Secretary to place her name on the primary ballot; 4) to order the parties to find an equitable resolution to the disparate and inequitable treatment of candidates; or 5) to consider an equitable resolution to this emergency. | |
| Filed | 04/13/2020 | |
| State | Colorado | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed () | |
| Last Updated | 09/05/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Candidate Signature Requirement (Threshold Number) | |
| Complaint(s) | 04/23/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 04/27/2020: Order/Ruling, Declaratory Relief Denied. The Court first found that it had jurisdiction to resolve this dispute because Bray alleged a violation of the Election Code. The Court denied Bray's request to stop all in-person signature gathering for candidates and ballot initiatives and to permit online signature collection because House Bill 20-1359 specifically precludes this type of relief. The Court also found Bray has not substantially complied with the signature threshold, distribution, and validity requirements. | |
