United States Tenth Circuit

Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. 1-4-501(1), which requires candidates for congressional office to be registered voters in Colorado, violates the Qualifications Clause of the United States Constitution, by limiting ballot access based on impermissible exclusionary measures.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2000
• Published 11/30/2000

Judges

• HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges, and ALLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth A. Weishaupl (Ken Salazar, Attorney General, with her on the briefs), First Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, for the Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Grant, Englewood, Colorado, for the Appellees.