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Contact: Marilyn Marks
Phone: 303-250-9681
Email: Marilyn@AspenOffice.com


Colorado Talk Show Hosts Sue Town of Castle Rock to Stop
Ballot Counting and Void Gun Rights Election


Denver, Colorado --Colorado talk radio hosts Ken Clark (Freedom 560 on KLZ 560
AM) and Dan Meurer, aka Dan America ("The I Am Joe America Show" on Velocity
Radio.FM), have filed suit against the Town of Castle Rock to vindicate voters rights
to a secret ballot and a fair election.

They have sued to stop the tabulation of the ballots in the Towns August 19, 2014
special election. The election centers around two questions that will decide who has
the authority to ban the open carrying of firearms within the Town of Castle Rock
the appointed Town Manager, the Town Council or the voters of Castle Rock.

In 2003, the Town Manager banned open carry within the Town of Castle Rock,
including all open space areas within the Town. The Town placed two questions on
the ballot for the August 19 election. A Yes vote on both questions would place the
power to ban open carry in the hands of the voters, rather than leaving such
unilateral power in the hands of the appointed Town Manager.

However, the election has been plagued by numerous controversies due to officials
practices that resulted in violating the secrecy of ballots voted and processed during
the course of the election. Repeated requests and formal complaints by Clark,
Meurer, Castle Rock resident and Congressional candidate Jess Loban, Castle Rock
resident and candidate for the State House Patrick Neville, and election quality
activist Marilyn Marks to remedy the identified problems with the election
processes were met with resistance and inaction by the Town Council, the Towns
Election Commission, the Town Clerk, Sally Misare, and the Town Attorney, Robert
Slentz.

Clark and Meurer have sued to stop the election due to these secrecy issues and the
obstruction of authorized watchers rights to verify the ballot processing
procedures. The lack of secrecy in the voting process has been well publicized by
Clark and other hosts on KLZ 560 AM, as well as on Meurers internet radio
program, and was picked up by other news outlets including Denver television
stations and newspapers in the region.

Because we were successful in warning the voters of Castle Rock that their votes
could be known to friends, neighbors, bosses, or anyone else, that creates an
unfortunate situation where people are less likely to vote their conscience, said
Meurer.

Though Clark and Meurer are both ardent advocates for Second Amendment rights,
and it appears likely that a Yes vote in this election will prevail, both are taking a
principled stance on this issue. The process is more important than the result, said
Clark. If we dont protect that ballot box, the rest of our rights are useless.

Randy B. Corporon, of The Law Offices of Randy B. Corporon P.C., attorney for
Petitioners, said, Im proud to represent these patriots who are putting principle
above their preference for an immediate YES result in this election. They
understand that liberty is self-governance defined by free and fair elections. We
trust that with this legal action, voters can begin to regain lost ground in protecting
their crucial rights to secret ballots and fair elections.

Marilyn Marks, election quality consultant and activist, noted, The wrongful actions
of the Town officials permitted the election workers and watchers to view how
individual voters voted, creating a fundamentally unfair flawed election which few
will ever believe is legitimate. No matter what the ballot count may ultimately
show, the ballots were not all freely cast representing the will of the citizens of
Castle Rock. Voters were aware that town-appointed workers could see their
personal ballots, and therefore they could potentially be called on to explain their
vote. It is the Town Council, not the voters, who must be called on to explain their
troubling decisions regarding this election."

In addition to requesting that the Court declare the August 19 election void, Clark
and Meurer are requesting that the Court block any attempts by the Town Council to
pass emergency changes to the Towns election code for purposes of recounts and
election challenges for this election, something that the Town Council has indicated
it plans to do at the Councils meeting on August 26.

Theyre changing the rules in the middle of the election, said Clark. Referencing the
uncertainties in election procedures introduced by the passage of two laws in the
last two General Assembly sessions, House Bill 13-1303, mandating all mail ballots,
and and House Bill 14-1164, creating a Local Government Election Code, he
continued, This is the kind of lawless election practice that needs to be stopped
before Novembers elections.

For more information contact Ken Clark at 307-286-4776, or Marilyn Marks at 303-
250-9681 or Marilyn@AspenOffice.com.

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