Morning News Digest: Thursday, October 30, 2008

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A win for purged voters

Ballots cast by voters who have been canceled from the state's voter rolls since mid-May will get extra oversight to make sure their votes are counted, under an agreement reached late Wednesday in U.S. District Court. (Felisa Cardona, The Denver Post)

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10851260

AP poll has Obama winning Colorado, Udall up 12

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has a 9-point lead in Colorado and enjoys leads in several other key swing states, according to polling released Wednesday by the Associated Press and the polling firm GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media. (PolitickerCO.com)

http://www.politickerco.com/jeremypelzer/2665/ap-poll-has-obama-winning-colorado-udall-12

Sen. Barack Obama will return to Colorado on Saturday with an event in Pueblo. (Rocky Mountain News)

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/29/obama-returning-colorado-weekend/

Schaffer promotes solar, wind

Bob Schaffer returned to the familiar subject of energy Wednesday but went in a new direction by saying that he was "more aggressive" in promoting some alternative energies than his Democratic opponent in the U.S. Senate race, Mark Udall. (Ed Sealover, Rocky Mountain News)

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/30/schaffer-promotes-solar-wind/

Despite ballot battle, Ritter promotes natural gas

DENVER - Even though Gov. Bill Ritter wants to raise taxes on the natural-gas industry, he drove around Tuesday in a car powered by Colorado's most plentiful fossil fuel. (Joe Hanel, Durango Herald)

http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2008/10/29/Despite_ballot_battle_Gov_Ritter_promotes_natural_gas/

Candidates buckle down

With early voting a major focus of 2008 campaigns, House District 52 candidates John Kefalas, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican challenger Bob McCluskey, have been working vigorously during the past few weeks trying to ensure early voters and absentee voters vote for them. (Nate Taylor, The Coloradoan)

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS03/810300324

Eng campaign poll shows Dem within 5 points of Coffman

An internal poll commissioned by 6th Congressional District Democratic nominee Hank Eng's campaign shows Eng within 5 percentage points of Republican nominee Mike Coffman. (PolitickerCO.com)

http://www.politickerco.com/jeremypelzer/2662/eng-campaign-poll-shows-dem-within-5-points-coffman

Political signs run afoul of Mesa State's policies

When Mesa State College sophomores Anna Johnson and Jenna Creighton decided to display political signs in their dorm windows, they never thought the college would give them an ultimatum to take them down. (Mike Saccone, The Daily Sentinel)

http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/10/29/103008_1a_political_signs_MSC.htm

Garfield's oil and gas boom draws outside money to local politics

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — "Despicable," "sleazy," and "slimy" are not words commonly thrown around during political seasons in Garfield County. But this year's election is anything but pat-each-other-on-the-back politics as usual — not in a swing county that has taken on added importance because it is home base for an oil and gas boom. (Nancy Lofholm, The Denver Post)

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10850267

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