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Colorado lawmakers often win seats with dozens of votes. Would a different process to fill vacancies be fairer?

Without no special elections, party committees are fast — but “it hurts the community,” one appointee says

Gov. Jared Polis delivers the 2023 State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the state Capitol on Jan. 17, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Gov. Jared Polis delivers the 2023 State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the state Capitol on Jan. 17, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)Nick Coltrain - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and | ncoltrain@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Nearly a quarter of sitting Colorado state representatives and senators at one time were appointed to fill vacancies by small committees — a practice that critics say raises questions of fairness, representation and transparency.
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