Bob Beauprez petition for governor deemed sufficient

DENVER, April 16, 2014 - Today Deputy Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert announced Bob Beauprez's petition to appear on the Republican primary ballot for governor was found sufficient as required by statute. Primary Election Day is June 24. 

On March 31, 2014, Beauprez submitted 23,000 petition signatures to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State's office began a line-by-line review of the signatures. Beauprez was required to gather 1,500 valid signatures from each of Colorado's seven congressional districts for a total of 10,500 valid signatures.

Secretary of State Scott Gessler formally delegated authority over the petition verification process to Deputy Secretary Staiert.

Petition verification summary:

Total number of qualified signature lines	23,000
Total number of entries rejected (invalid)	10,791
Total number of entries accepted (valid)	12,209
Total number of entries accepted CD 1	1,524
Total number of entries accepted CD 2	1,954
Total number of entries accepted CD 3	1,845
Total number of entries accepted CD 4	1,755
Total number of entries accepted CD 5	1,595
Total number of entries accepted CD 6	1,904
Total number of entries accepted CD 7	1,632
Number of valid signatures required total	10,500
Number of valid signatures required per congressional district	1,500

Statement of Sufficiency (PDF)