As a State Representative, I sponsored legislation to:

• Require photo ID for same day voter registration, HB15-1169

• Require Proof of Citizenship to vote, HB19-1156

• Update Voter Registration Rolls, HB22-1084

Unfortunately, these bills voted down in committee.  

Since Leaving Office (2023-2025)

I did not stop fighting for improvements in our election system once I left office in 2022.  In 2023, I wrote to House committee members to vote for HB23-1055 to prohibit voting machines with the capability of a wireless connection.  This good bill was killed in committee.   

We must think through viable paths to make these needed changes.  I believe the majority of Coloradans support these measures—if we can’t get them through the legislature (lets see what happens in the 2026 elections for legislators, Governor, and Secretary of State), we can go to the people with ballot initiatives. 

We must also join hands with our Republican federal elected officials and the Trump Administration to push through essential election law reforms in Colorado.  Our political fight for change must involve Team Republican--THAT is how we win. 

I have had several discussions with our County Clerk, Steve Schleiker about two additional bills to strengthen election integrity: 

• Require that “motor voter” registration allow citizens to choose a party affiliation, and eliminate the government-mandated “default” to unafilliated voter registration when you get a CO driver’s license. 

• Require the Secretary of State to do more comprehensive updates to voter registration rolls to exclude noncitizens and to delete those who have moved or died; Mail ballots should NOT be sent to those not eligible to vote.  Stray ballots invite mischief in elections.   The El Paso County Clerk’s office is ahead of the rest of the state in updating voter registration rolls—we must require these steps be taken state-wide.