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Paid signature gatherers caught lying to voters (CO Dem Senate recall)
Several El Paso County residents say those trying to recall Democratic Senate President John Morse are spreading lies in order to gather enough petition signatures to force a recall election, even going as far as saying Morse is trying to invalidate Colorado’s Make My Day law.
Among those who contacted the Denver Post, Carol Hoffman, who lives in Morse’s Senate district and is a Morse supporter. Hoffman said the false information is designed to “incite gun owners,” who have been up in arms since the Democratic-controlled legislation passed new gun laws, leading to recall efforts against four lawmakers...
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Hoffman said a paid circulator came to her home.
“I asked why they were recalling Sen. Morse and he told me that there is currently a law being considered that would make the ‘Make My Day’ law in Colorado invalid. He said that this current bill will hold gun owners responsible if they use a gun against an intruder in their home,” she said. “I told him that the bill he was talking about (The Assault Weapons Responsibility Act) did not do this, and it had been withdrawn anyway. He claimed there was ‘another bill’ still in play that did do this, although he couldn’t name it.”
She said a man at Penrose library with a “volunteer circulator” badge made the same false claim and when she told him the Assault Weapons Responsibility Act included exceptions, including for Make My Day, but he would “not back down.
“He simply denied the facts to the very end,” Hoffman said.
Read More: http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2013/06/02/signatures-to-recall-colorado-senate-president-john-morse-are-due-monday/96897/
Among those who contacted the Denver Post, Carol Hoffman, who lives in Morse’s Senate district and is a Morse supporter. Hoffman said the false information is designed to “incite gun owners,” who have been up in arms since the Democratic-controlled legislation passed new gun laws, leading to recall efforts against four lawmakers...
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Hoffman said a paid circulator came to her home.
“I asked why they were recalling Sen. Morse and he told me that there is currently a law being considered that would make the ‘Make My Day’ law in Colorado invalid. He said that this current bill will hold gun owners responsible if they use a gun against an intruder in their home,” she said. “I told him that the bill he was talking about (The Assault Weapons Responsibility Act) did not do this, and it had been withdrawn anyway. He claimed there was ‘another bill’ still in play that did do this, although he couldn’t name it.”
She said a man at Penrose library with a “volunteer circulator” badge made the same false claim and when she told him the Assault Weapons Responsibility Act included exceptions, including for Make My Day, but he would “not back down.
“He simply denied the facts to the very end,” Hoffman said.
Read More: http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2013/06/02/signatures-to-recall-colorado-senate-president-john-morse-are-due-monday/96897/
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