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Amanda Gonzalez

@amandaforcolorado

Running to be Colorado’s next Secretary of State. Currently Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder and always striving to protect our democracy. https://www.amandaforcolorado.com/

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Honored to be featured with leaders building a democracy that works for the people, not the powerful.

03.11.2025 18:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Per new ruling, the California Supreme Court will not prevent Democrats from moving forward today with a plan to redraw congressional districts

21.08.2025 11:26 👍 2360 🔁 446 💬 31 📌 32

Wild is one word for it...

19.08.2025 03:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2026 candidates speak to Logan County Democrats The Logan County Democratic Party heard from a slate of 2026 candidates at its potluck picnic Saturday at Pioneer Park in Sterling. Trisha Calvarese, Eileen Laubacher, Michael Dougherty and Amanda …

A pleasure talking with folks in #LoganCounty about why experience matters. Your next Sec. of State should be someone who has actually run elections—and I’ve done just that. CO deserves a leader who knows how to protect keep our elections secure

www.journal-advocate.com/2025/08/17/2...

18.08.2025 22:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Today’s CO #LGBTQ Bar Assoc's “State of LGBTQ+ Rights” panelist from @lambdalegal.org summed it up well: “everything is dripping in animus”

Depressing but a good reminder of why we keep showing up. Grateful to be surrounded by so many brilliant, fierce queer lawyers working to turn the tide 🏳️‍🌈⚖️

15.08.2025 22:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Budgets are values statements

03.07.2025 23:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jefferson County Clerk @amandaforcolorado.bsky.social‬ was honored by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission for an initiative that streamlines signature verification for first time voters 🗳️
Read more and celebrate LGBTQ+ #NewDEALers getting recognition for their work 🏳️‍🌈
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23.06.2025 17:45 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tennessee’s law expressly classifies on the basis of sex
and transgender status, so the Constitution and settled
precedent require the Court to subject it to intermediate
scrutiny. The majority contorts logic and precedent to say
otherwise, inexplicably declaring it must uphold Tennessee’s categorical ban on lifesaving medical treatment so
long as “‘any reasonably conceivable state of facts’” might
justify it. Ante, at 21. Thus, the majority subjects a law
that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial
review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons
transgender children and their families to political whims.
In sadness, I dissent.

Tennessee’s law expressly classifies on the basis of sex and transgender status, so the Constitution and settled precedent require the Court to subject it to intermediate scrutiny. The majority contorts logic and precedent to say otherwise, inexplicably declaring it must uphold Tennessee’s categorical ban on lifesaving medical treatment so long as “‘any reasonably conceivable state of facts’” might justify it. Ante, at 21. Thus, the majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent.

Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

18.06.2025 14:25 👍 8494 🔁 2776 💬 125 📌 107

The Trump DOJ is demanding every Colorado election record. This isn’t transparency—it’s intimidation.

Our democracy doesn’t belong to Trump. It belongs to us. And I’ll fight like hell to protect it.

18.06.2025 21:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thinking of Senator Hoffman, his wife, and everyone mourning Speaker Hortman and her husband. An attack on a democratically elected leader is not just a personal tragedy for those directly impacted—it is an attack on our democracy itself.

14.06.2025 18:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Padilla’s Treatment Exemplifies Administration’s Use of Force to Suppress Dissent The Trump administration has detained multiple members of Congress who were attempting to perform their oversight duties.

Past presidents have faced dissent. They haven't responded with force. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

14.06.2025 13:03 👍 176 🔁 63 💬 5 📌 3
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When DC gets frustrating, I look to rooms like the Larimer Dems' Fund Our Fight Dinner—neighbors organizing, fundraising, and fighting for the future they believe in. This is what democracy really looks like.

28.04.2025 17:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nice to be in such excellent company @adrianfontes.bsky.social

18.04.2025 17:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The real threat to our elections is voter suppression | OPINION Many of us talk abstractly about our democracy, but let’s be clear: voting is about power.

My two cents: we can protect elections without disenfranchising voters.

www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/the-...

02.04.2025 18:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Senate Introduces Resolution to Oppose USPS Privatization On March 27, a bipartisan group in the Senate introduced Senate Resolution (S. Res). 147, which “expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that…

☎️ Call your Senators today, and urge them to cosponsor S. Res. 147, which expressly opposes postal privatization. Defending the people’s public Postal Service from privatization is our top priority in 2025. #USMailNotForSale

31.03.2025 18:55 👍 24 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

Some good news for today

30.03.2025 15:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wrapping up #EVN25 — the nerdiest democracy conference out there — loved digging into audits, security, and data with fellow election folks and former colleagues from @ourcommoncause.bsky.social in DC. Bonus: our trivia team, Bored of Elections, took first place in election trivia.

28.03.2025 19:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NewDEAL Leaders Fight Back Against Executive Order Threatening the Right to Vote NewDEAL Leaders spoke with a unified voice denouncing President Trump’s March 25 executive order (EO) focused on voting rights and voter…

#NewDEALers like @adrianfontes.bsky.social, @julianastratton.bsky.social, and @amandaforcolorado.bsky.social have denounced President Trump's Executive Order on elections and are doubling down on their mission to protect voting rights and defend democracy. Read more 👇

28.03.2025 19:06 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

So many reasons I support @coloradosun.com - this content might be top of the list.

27.03.2025 20:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I just gave to Amanda Gonzalez! Show your support with a contribution.

Join me in protecting our democracy and support the campaign here: secure.actblue.com/donate/amand...

27.03.2025 20:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My dad is a lifelong Republican and we rarely agree on politics - but we do agree that every American deserves the right to be heard.

I'm running for CO Secretary of State to protect the right to vote.

#VotingRights #copolitics #elections

27.03.2025 20:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Republican part of this Trump/Clinton comparison graph is wild.

today.yougov.com/politics/art...

27.03.2025 17:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New Hampshire election offers a preview of the barriers posed by SAVE Act Voters and election officials around the country should pay close attention to how the state’s new proof of citizenship law affects voters, because one way or another, they could be contending with si...

Wondering what impacts the SAVE Act and Trump's election EO could have on voting rights? Turns out, you don't have to wonder.

27.03.2025 11:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Librarians are the foot soldiers of the first amendment.

26.03.2025 19:35 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Trump is fanning the flames of election conspiracy theories with performative politics dressed up as policy. This doesn’t protect democracy -it undermines it by pushing fear, falsehoods & voter suppression.

I will always fight to protect every eligible voter’s right to be heard
#DefendDemocracy

25.03.2025 22:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Multiple census updates from @hansilowang.bsky.social this week illustrate a concerning trend. The decennial census takes years to plan for and it's critical to making sure our communities have the resources and political power they need.

25.03.2025 17:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Voting Rights Act at 60: Congress Could Hit New Low with SAVE Act The new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote.

Sixty years ago, Congress reached its zenith in protecting civil rights, passing the Voting Rights Act. Sadly, as we celebrate this year, Congress is considering stooping to a new low by passing the SAVE Act, which would disenfranchise millions of Americans. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

21.03.2025 16:12 👍 40 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 2

New platform, same mission: protecting democracy and making government work for the people. I’m Amanda Gonzalez, your JeffCo Clerk, candidate for CO Secretary of State, election nerd, and transparency champion. What’s the best part of Bluesky? Who's great on here? Help a newbie out!

19.03.2025 16:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0