US EditionColorado Campaign Finance Reporting Site Taken Down After Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings
- Colorado's Secretary of State took down the TRACER campaign finance website on Saturday after two Minnesota lawmakers were shot at their homes.
- The action followed a politically motivated attack by 57-year-old Vance Boelter, who had a hit list of 45 Democratic officials and was arrested Sunday.
- Legislative leaders in Colorado reached out to Gov. Jared Polis, the Department of Public Safety, and the State Patrol to discuss additional security measures.
- House Minority Leader Ty Winter said political violence is an attack on democracy, while Gov. Tim Walz called the shootings a politically motivated assassination.
- The website takedown allowed officials to request removing personal data from public records, indicating increased caution about elected officials' safety nationwide.
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After Minnesota shooting, Colorado and other states are more tightly guarding officials' personal information
In Colorado, at least 31 elected officials have filed requests to remove their personal contact information from a public-facing state campaign finance database called TRACER, which was briefly taken down Saturday so those requests could be fulfilled
Colorado Politics
Colorado Springs GazetteColorado state campaign finance website taken down in wake of Minnesota shootings
Minnesota shootings prompt concerns for Colorado lawmakers' safety. State officials are working to restore transparency on campaign finance website.
Colorado shuts down campaign finance site after Minnesota lawmaker assassinated
The Colorado Secretary of State has temporarily taken down a state campaign finance website in response to the Minnesota assassination plots against Democratic lawmakers, Axios reported on Monday.The attack, in which the gunman staked out the homes of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party legislat...
Denver Post
31 Colorado officials seek to scrub addresses after Minnesota shootings, as campaign finance site goes offline
Elected officials in Colorado have requested that their personal information be redacted from the state's TRACER campaign finance site in the wake of Saturday's shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers.
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