{"id":2130300,"date":"2023-12-20T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-gop-threatens-to-switch-to-a-caucus-if-ballot-ruling-stays\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:47:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:47:11","slug":"colorado-gop-threatens-to-switch-to-a-caucus-if-ballot-ruling-stays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-gop-threatens-to-switch-to-a-caucus-if-ballot-ruling-stays\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado GOP may switch to a caucus if ballot ruling remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-gop-threatens-to-switch-to-a-caucus-if-ballot-ruling-stays%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2130300&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colorado \u2064Republican\u200d Committees election night watch\u2063 party on November 8, 2022 \u2064in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>4:36 PM \u2013 \u200bWednesday, December\u200c 20, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Colorado \u2063Republican party\u200c members \u2062have threatened to \u2063switch its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-controlled-election-in-texas-largest-county-fails-to-count-10k-mail-in-ballots\/\" title=\"Democrat Controlled Election in Texas' Largest County Fails to Count 10K Mail-In Ballots\">primary election process<\/a> to \u200ca\u2062 caucus system. This \u200bannouncement comes after The Centennial State\u2019s\u2062 Supreme Court \u2064blocked former President Trump from appearing on\u200b the primary ballot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On \u2064Tuesday evening,\u2064 the official Colorado GOP account on X, \u2063the platform\u2062 formally\u2064 known as Twitter, replied to a comment on Republican \u2064presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/ramaswamy-pledges-to-withdraw-from-colorado-gop-primary-amid-trump-disqualification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vivek Ramaswamy\u2019s<\/a> video post where \u200bhe pledged to \u201cwithdraw\u201d from\u200c Colorado GOP primary \u200camid \u200dTrump\u2019s disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>The account indicated that the Party was looking into\u200d the possibility of altering the way that Coloradans \u200bvote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou won\u2019t have to because\u200b we will\u2063 withdraw from the Primary as a \u2063Party and convert to a pure caucus system \u2063if this is allowed to stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You \u2063won&#8217;t have to because\u200c we will\u2063 withdraw from the Primary as a Party \u200dand convert to a \u2064pure\u200c caucus\u2063 system if this is allowed to\u2064 stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colorado Republican Party (@cologop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cologop\/status\/1737292783835103476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, Dave\u200c Williams, the\u200d state\u2019s GOP\u200c party chair, rehashed\u200d the\u2064 sentiment \u2062in\u2064 an interview with <em>The Colorado Sun.<\/em> He told the outlet that if the former president is not on\u200b the ballot, then the Colorado \u200bGOP \u201cwill ignore the primary\u201d results.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u2062 X (Twitter) Spaces event, he also spoke\u2063 about his feelings regarding \u200bthe decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201c\u2019I\u2019m not going to \u200clet these sons of b*tches dictate who we\u2019re going to nominate,\u201d Williams asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Trump\u2064 campaign has indicated its plans to appeal\u2063 the ruling and\u200c for it to \u200cmove to the U.S.\u200d Supreme\u200b Court. Currently, the court holds a 6-3 conservative\u200b majority. Three of \u200dthe justices\u2063 on the\u2062 court were nominated \u2062by the 45<sup>th<\/sup> president.<\/p>\n<p>Stay\u200c informed! 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He stated that if Trump is not on the ballot, the\u2063 GOP will ignore the primary results. Williams also expressed his frustration with the decision, asserting that he will not let others dictate \u200bthe party&#8217;s nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump\u200d campaign \u2062has indicated plans to appeal the ruling and bring the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which currently holds\u2062 a conservative majority. Three of the justices on the court were \u2062nominated by the 45th president.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that this decision by the Colorado Republican Party could have significant implications \u2064for the state&#8217;s primary election process. Switching to a caucus system would mean a departure from the traditional primary\u200b and could potentially impact voter turnout\u200b and participation.<\/p>\n<p>As the legal battle continues,\u2064 it remains to be seen how this issue \u200dwill\u200b be \u2062resolved \u2064and what \u200cthe implications will be for the Colorado GOP and its primary\u2063 election. In the meantime, stakeholders and\u200c voters alike\u2063 will be closely watching the developments to \u200cstay informed about the changing landscape of the political process in Colorado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Republicans threaten to switch primary election process to a caucus system after the state&#8217;s Supreme Court blocked a former decision. 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