In 2008, Mike Coffman, the newly elected Congressman in Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District, was the Colorado Secretary of State. In that capacity he decided to make it his business to remove citizens from the voting lists in Colorado--while he was running for Congress! In other words, in an election where he was a candidate he actively worked to deprive Americans of their right to vote.
As reported by the New York Times, Coffman purged thousands of voters from the rolls in apparent violation of federal law. And he saw nothing wrong with this, and no conflict of interest! And this is the man newly elected to replace Tom Tancredo and represent Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District!
Now some would say, I suppose, that’s just how it is in CO-06, because a Democrat just can’t win there. And to those people I say no, that is NOT the case. I grew up in this District, and in fact, I ran for this District in 2006, and though I lost, I know that a Democrat CAN win here, and I also know that it is a fight worth fighting no matter what.
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