Protecting Elections and Fighting Denver’s Anti-Business Ballot Measures

On October 1, 2024, George Mumma, Marly Hornik, Coleen Orr, Erin Carney, and Ramey Johnson joined the show. Former Jefferson County police chief discusses campaign priorities including school choice, TABOR preservation, insurance issues, and the impact of Senate Bill 217 on law enforcement Co-founder of United Sovereign Americans explains the group’s federal lawsuits challenging voter registration errors and calls for citizens to document ballot problems through official channels.

Election Integrity Through Federal Law

Start listening at 31:39 – Hour 1

Marly Hornik, co-founder of United Sovereign Americans, breaks down the organization’s nine federal lawsuits challenging voter registration databases across the country. In Colorado, the group measured a 26.7% error rate in voter registrations for the 2022 midterm, meaning roughly one in four registrants had disqualifying errors in their records. Hornik explains that over one million Colorado registrations show voters casting ballots before they were registered, an impossible scenario that signals either catastrophic incompetence or deliberate manipulation.

The lawsuit targets Secretary of State Jena Griswold and argues that Colorado’s system cannot meet Congress’s standard of reliability, which allowed only 21 ballots in error statewide. Hornik urges citizens to document problems when mail-in ballots arrive, upload evidence at unite4freedom.com, and create official records that officials must investigate. The group received coverage in The New York Times, which Hornik takes as validation of their effectiveness.

“When you go on facebook and you report on facebook, no attorney general is required to investigate that. It does nothing to help support the move towards legitimate election. You made yourself feel better, but you didn’t do anything yet to save your country.”

Marly Hornik, Co-founder, United Sovereign Americans

Common Sense for House District 25

Start listening at 15:50 – Hour 1

George Mumma served 45 years in Jefferson County law enforcement before retiring as chief of police. Now seeking to represent House District 25, which stretches from I-70 south to Deckers and from Pine Junction east to Wadsworth, he campaigned on bringing common sense back to the State Capitol. The district’s residents tell him their priorities: the economy, school choice, insurance problems in fire zones, and preserving their TABOR refunds.

Mumma recounts lobbying against Senate Bill 217 as police chief, warning legislators about its impact on proactive policing. His concern proved justified as officers now fear losing their livelihoods over citizen complaints. On education, Mumma rejects grades of C and D as acceptable outcomes, advocating for parents’ ability to choose faith-based, charter, or private schools. Jefferson County voters have rejected de-TABORing three times, yet county commissioners keep asking.

“If you look at my history, I have reached across the aisle without being crazy.”

George Mumma, Candidate for House District 25

Denver Ballot Measures Target Western Heritage

Start listening at 73:55 – Hour 2

Hat maker Coleen Orr warns that Denver’s proposed fur ban would devastate her business, the National Western Stock Show, and Native American artisans at Indian markets and powwows. The ordinance covers everything from coats to keychains, targeting fur quality hats that customers prefer for durability and weather resistance. Orr explains that rabbit fur comes as a byproduct of the European food industry, beaver trapping maintains ecological balance, and nutria harvesting controls an invasive species devastating Louisiana’s deltas.

Erin Carney of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association expands the threat to Ordinance 309, which would ban slaughterhouses from Denver, targeting Superior Farms, an employee-owned lamb processing plant operating since 1962. The group Pro-Animal Future sponsors both measures, and Carney notes they face campaign complaints for failing to disclose donors. The ordinance’s legislative intent explicitly calls for transitioning to a plant-based food system, revealing the agenda beneath animal welfare rhetoric.

“The rabbit fur that is all used is actually a byproduct of the European food industry. They are eating rabbits like we eat chicken, and we are just able to utilize those furs so they don’t get thrown out.”

Coleen Orr, Hat Maker

“This is an unfair ban on a business in Denver and would have widespread implications, including on all those employees that are residents of Denver.”

Erin Carney, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association

Crisis on Colfax Demands Experienced Leadership

Start listening at 102:52 – Hour 2

Ramey Johnson, a master’s-prepared nurse and former state legislator, describes her summer walking every major street in House District 30. What she found transformed her understanding of the district’s struggles. Colfax Avenue is collapsing under the weight of shoplifting, fentanyl dealing, and chronically mentally ill homeless residents self-medicating with illegal drugs. Sheridan and Wadsworth corridors show similar warning signs.

Johnson connects the crisis directly to progressive public policy pushed through the State Capitol. Fentanyl pills sell for 50 cents to $2 on Colfax, with dealers giving away samples to create addicts. Business owners hemorrhage inventory to shoplifters but face corporate policies and weakened laws preventing intervention. As a former legislator and Lakewood city councilwoman, Johnson pledges to bring common sense, experience, and local control back to Denver’s statehouse.

“Colfax is collapsing. Sheridan is shaking. And frankly, Wadsworth is wobbling.”

Ramey Johnson, Candidate for House District 30