By Quentin Young | editor
“Amendment 84 is a politically motivated attempt to make it harder for people to vote and will result in eligible Colorado voters having their ballots rejected and votes not counted.”
– Aly Belknap, executive director of Common Cause Colorado
Volunteers at the Denver Clerk and Recorder’s office remove ballots from a ballot box container during the Colorado primary election on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline)
By Lindsey Toomer
Coloradans who vote with a mail ballot must sign the ballot envelope. If voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment in November, they would also need to include an ID number on the envelope. Amendment 84 would require voters to write the last four digits of their Social Security number, their Colorado driver’s license number or their REAL ID number on their mail ballot envelope to ensure it is counted. Opponents say the proposal adds privacy concerns for voters without further securing Colorado’s election process.
The dormant Big Horn Correctional Facility is pictured on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
By Sara Wilson
Two advocacy organizations sued the U.S Department of Homeland Security on Monday over allegations that the agency violated environmental protection laws by not completing an impact review for a planned immigration detention facility in Hudson. DHS has a legal obligation under the National Environmental Policy Act to complete an assessment of how the facility could impact variables like infectious disease spread, water availability and air quality in the small town northeast of Denver, they argue.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City on Sept. 22, 2026. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
By Ashley Murray
President Donald Trump faces a “big decision” to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate” the country, he told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. During a 37-minute speech to his international counterparts including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in New York City, Trump asked, “Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? “Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly … Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?” he said.
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