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News Release

Media contact
(303) 860-6903

Rich Coolidge
richard.coolidge@sos.state.co.us

Andrew Cole
andrew.cole@sos.state.co.us

State of Colorado
Department of State

1700 Broadway
Suite 250
Denver, CO 80290

Scott Gessler
Secretary of State

Suzanne Staiert
Deputy Secretary of State

Colorado state seal

News Release

State of Colorado
Department of State

1700 Broadway
Suite 250
Denver, CO 80290

Scott Gessler
Secretary of State

Suzanne Staiert
Deputy Secretary of State

Media contact
(303) 860-6903
Rich Coolidge - richard.coolidge@sos.state.co.us
Andrew Cole - andrew.cole@sos.state.co.us

Brooks candidate petition deemed insufficient

Denver, August 27, 2013 – Today Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced that Jan Brooks, Libertarian candidate for the State Senate District 11 recall election, failed to collect enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.

On August 26, Brooks submitted 834 petition signatures to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State’s office began an immediate line-by-line review of the signatures. As a minor party candidate, Brooks needed 575 valid signatures from registered voters within Senate District 11, which equals two percent of the votes cast in the most recent Senate District 11 election. Brooks collected 408 valid signatures.

Petition verification summary

Total number of qualified signatures submitted 834
Total number of entries rejected (invalid) 426
Total number of entries accepted (valid) 408
Number of valid signatures required 575