Government Websites
- CO Elections and VotingFrom the Secretary of State, register to vote, see election results, check your ballot and find information on political parties.
- Ballot Information Booklet (Blue Book)The purpose of the ballot information booklet is to provide voters with the text, title, and a fair and impartial analysis of each initiated or referred constitutional amendment, law, or question on the ballot. The analysis must include a summary of the measure, the major arguments both for and against the measure, and a brief fiscal assessment of the measure. The analysis may also include any other information that will help voters understand the purpose and effect of a measure.
- CO General Assembly -- Directory of LegislatorsThe General Assembly consists of 100 members - 35 Senators and 65 Representatives. Senators serve four-year terms, while Representatives serve two-year terms. All members are limited to serving for eight consecutive years in their chamber - four terms for Representatives and two terms for Senators.
Books and e-books
The principled politician : the Ralph Carr story
Ralph Lawrence Carr was an American attorney and politician who served as the 29th Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943. During World War II, he defended the rights of American citizens of Japanese descent and allowed their voluntary relocation to Colorado
The Biography of Casimiro Barela
Casimiro Barela was an American politician responsible for authoring the Constitution of Colorado. He served in both the Colorado Territory legislature and the legislature of the State. Barela was a member of Colorado's Constitutional Convention in 1875 and represented Las Animas County in the state senate for forty years. He was instrumental in ensuring Colorado legislation was printed in both English and Spanish, and was known as the "Father of the Colorado Senate."
Helen Ring Robinson : Colorado senator and suffragist
Calling herself "the housewife of the senate," Helen Ring Robinson was Colorado's first female state senator and only the second in the United States. Serving from 1913 to 1917, she worked for social and economic justice as a champion of women, children, and workers' rights and education during a tumultuous time in the country's history.
Henry M. Teller : Colorado's Grand Old Man
Serving longer in the U.S. Senate than any other Coloradan, Henry M. Teller was one of the Centennial State's greatest statesmen and political leaders. Now Duane A. Smith, author of Horace Tabor: His Life and the Legend, rescues this larger-than-life figure from obscurity in this new and definitive biography of the Central City lawyer turned Colorado senator.
The Colorado State Capitol : history, politics, preservation
In one comprehensive volume historian Derek Everett traces the establishment, planning, construction, and history of Colorado's state capitol - including a discussion on the importance of restoring and preserving the building for current and future generations of Coloradoans.
News
- Colorado Sun -- PoliticsNews and Politics from the Colorado Sun. The Colorado Sun is a journalist-founded, award-winning and nonprofit news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado. Articles can be read for free with registration.
- Denver Post Collection This link opens in a new windowExplore Denver history through local news, events, and people with Denver Post Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Coverage from 1989-current.
- Colorado Public Radio (CRP)CPR News delivers in-depth, insightful and impartial news and information from around the world, across the nation and throughout Colorado, examining its relevance to our state and connecting it to our community.
Open Internet Collections
- Annual State of the Rockies Report CardIdentifies, assesses, and communicates key issues and problems in this unique region of spectacular natural beauty and cultural wealth, abundant resources and fragile environment. Discussion of some key issues that confront the Rockies: energy, the condition of the national parks, urban sprawl, toxic waste, creative occupations, and civic engagement.