GOP seeks candidates to challenge Morse on potential recall ballot

Jeff Hays speaks out about the recall effort in El Paso County in the Gazette:

GOP seeks candidates to challenge Morse on potential recall ballot
Published: June 4, 2013, 1:27 pm, by Megan Schrader
Jeff Hays, chairman of the El Paso County GOP, said Tuesday the Republican Party is actively engaged in finding candidates to challenge Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, should his name appear on a recall ballot.
"I think it’s too early to talk specific names,” Hays said."There are some people who have said they are interested.”

Hays said the precinct leaders from Senate District 11 will meet to discuss the issue.

More than 16,000 signatures were submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office on Monday, and if almost 7,200 of those are registered voters from Senate District 11, Morse will face a recall election. Morse has said he’s skeptical that the petition gatherers did their due diligence to make sure signers were from his district.

That election will likely be sometime after September if the signatures are valid, but when depends on how long the issue is drawn out in court.

Voters in Senate District 11 – southwestern Colorado Springs – will be asked if Morse should be removed from office and if so, who should replace him. Candidates can get their name on the ballot by collecting 1,000 signatures.
"I think you need to have somebody that’s an attractive alternative to the type of legislator that Sen. Morse has been,” Hays said."Someone who is willing to listen to constituents, willing to fight for the people in his district.”

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