Legislation Has Gotten Out of Hand: Election Integrity and Gender-Bias Crime Laws

On April 2, 2024, Kevin Lundberg and Jon Boesen joined the show. Former state senator analyzes Greg Lopez’s victory at the CD4 vacancy committee in Hugo, Colorado’s vulnerable automatic voter registration system, and progress on the GOP lawsuit to close Republican primaries Personal injury attorney warns about the increasing danger of uninsured motorists, particularly illegal immigrants driving without licenses, and urges listeners.

CD4 Vacancy Committee and Election Integrity Concerns

Start listening at 15:53 – Hour 1

Kevin Lundberg breaks down the surprising CD4 vacancy committee results from Hugo, where Greg Lopez emerged victorious from a crowded field of nine candidates after six rounds of voting. Lundberg explains that Lopez, who was not running in the primary, won because delegates sought to preserve the integrity of the primary election process rather than front-load a particular candidate.

The discussion pivots to Colorado’s automatic voter registration system, which Lundberg calls “wide open” for potential fraud. He details how anyone registered through any state department other than the DMV bypasses citizenship verification, creating significant vulnerabilities. The system automatically registers people and mails them ballots, with no penalty for non-citizens who receive and return them.

Lundberg also updates listeners on the GOP lawsuit to close Colorado’s primaries, currently moving through federal court. While a preliminary injunction was denied for 2024, the case proceeds toward hearings that could affect 2026. Contributions can be made through the Claremont Institute at litigation.claremont.org.

“Colorado has a very, very lousy voter registration system, which really opens up the, you know, the credibility or, you know, destroys the credibility of the system.”

Kevin Lundberg, Former Colorado State Senator

Gender-Bias Legislation and Free Speech Threats

Start listening at 03:00 – Hour 1

Kim Monson examines Senate Bill 24-189, which adds gender identity and gender expression to protected classes under bias-motivated crime laws. She connects this Colorado legislation to international developments, citing J.K. Rowling’s challenge to Scotland’s new hate crime law that criminalizes “accurate description of biological sex.”

Monson recalls predicting decades ago that hate crime legislation would eventually be weaponized to censor speech. The proposed Colorado law redefines sexual orientation as “an individual’s identity or another individual’s perception thereof,” raising concerns about subjective enforcement and First Amendment implications.

Uninsured Motorist Crisis

Start listening at 64:16 – Hour 2

Jon Boesen of Boesen Law warns Coloradans about the growing danger of uninsured motorists, particularly those in the country illegally who drive without licenses or insurance. He emphasizes that most people do not know whether they have uninsured motorist coverage and often waive it to save money without understanding its importance.

Boesen describes the typical scenario: an unlicensed driver causes an accident, flees the scene, and leaves victims with no recourse for damages. He urges listeners to contact their insurance agents immediately to verify they have uninsured motorist coverage, calling it more important now than at any point in his 34 years of practicing personal injury law in Colorado.

“Some of them are absolutely, nobody can deny it anymore, they’re illegals that are getting cars. How are they getting cars? I don’t know, but they’re getting behind the wheel, don’t have a driver’s license, don’t know the laws in our country, are causing accidents, fleeing the scene.”

Jon Boesen, Boesen Law