A bill that would prohibit people from open-carrying firearms within a close proximity of polling places passed its first committee test Monday. via Meghan_Lopez
House Bill 22-1086, otherwise known as the Vote Without Fear Act, would ban open carry of firearms within 100 feet of polling places, drop-off ballot boxes and vote counting centers. The bill does offer some exceptions for police officers acting within the scope of their authority, as well as private property owners who live within 100 feet of these locations.
In 2020, there was an incident outside of an Arapahoe County polling location where two men showed up the day before the election, one of whom was open carrying a firearm. Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez says the men set up a camera near the ballot box and stood in front of the building for a time, recording people as they dropped off their ballots.
“The county attorney and the police, they could not do nothing to stop this person from what he was doing,” Lopez said. However, others like Rep. Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock, disagree with the premise of the bill and say it could have an opposite effect.
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