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Village, is leading the push on the presidential primary front.

“I’m working on a way to make sure that Coloradans’ voices are heard in the presidential primary,” he said. “Last election, more than 150,000 votes were just thrown away. at’s unacceptable and we’ve got to x it.” He said speci c policy proposals were still in the works.

Finally, iry is interested in campaign nance changes.

“I think Colorado’s contribution limits are too low and actually hurt our democracy,” he said.

Candidates for four state-level, statewide o ces in 2022 could raise up to $1,250 from individual donors and state lawmakers were allowed to collect up to $400. ose limits are set to rise for the next two election cycles to re ect in ation.

iry said he’s also concerned about undisclosed political spending by political nonpro ts, which don’t have to disclose their donors.

e Sun refers to those organizations as dark-money groups.

“I think anybody who’s spending money on a campaign ought to have to disclose what they’re doing with their money,” iry said.

e legislative session runs through early May. e earliest a measure changing Colorado’s primary process could go before voters is November 2024.

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