AURORA | Eric Nelson, Democratic candidate for Colorado House District 42, failed to submit the required number of signatures to appear on the State Primary ballot in June, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.
Nelson’s campaign submitted 1,635 signatures to the Secretary of State, and 1,606 of those signatures were rejected, with only 29 accepted, according to state records.
“It’s unfortunate, it’s disappointing,” Nelson’s campaign director Jose Silva said. “But we, like many campaigns, have to sometimes pivot, and that’s what we’re going to do.”
Nelson said Thursday evening he was trying to take in the news and was unclear how so many rejected signatures would have been submitted…