Secretary Williams: House candidate falls short in collecting signatures

DENVER, April 14, 2016 -- Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced today that state House candidate Michele Fry did not collect enough valid voter signatures to get on the June 28 primary ballot.

Fry, a Denver Democrat, was running for state House District 6 represented by Rep. Lois Court, D-Denver, who is term limited. Democrat Mark McIntosh also has turned in signatures to run for that seat, but his petitions are still being tabulated.

Here is the signature breakdown for Fry:

• Required: 1,000
• Turned in: 1,013
• Rejected: 87
• Accepted: 926

Fry has five days to appeal the decision to the Denver District Court.

The Secretary of State's office is still counting signatures from other candidates who turned in their petitions, including four Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls: Jack Graham, Jon Keyser, Robert Blaha and Ryan Frazier. One other Senate candidate, Darryl Glenn, got on the June 28 primary ballot at the state assembly.

Twenty candidates turned in petition signatures by the April 4 deadline. Of that, one candidate's campaign improperly collected the signatures, which earlier were rejected without being tabulated. Another candidate turned in signatures, but then made the ballot afterward through the assembly process so the signatures were not recorded. So far, five candidates -- all running for the Colorado General Assembly -- have been notified they successfully petitioned onto the primary ballot.