CSU newspaper wins brief First Amendment battle with Larimer County clerk

From The Denver Post:  The Colorado State University newspaper scored a victory for the Fourth Estate today, winning approval from the county clerk and recorder to keep newspaper racks in their same location inside the student center despite the presence of a ballot drop-off box.

“I’m happy about that,” said Kate Winkle, executive editor of the Rocky Mountain Collegian.

The Alaska senior said she was in class this morning when she got a text message from the newsroom adviser asking her to call as soon as possible. It turns out that election judges at the Lowry Student Center raised a question about having newspaper racks with a front-page story on Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall’s visit to the campus on Monday because of the ballot box.

She said she was told by Larimer Clerk and Recorder Angela Myers that the newspaper was in violation of a law that prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of a poll place.

“It’s coverage, not campaigning,” Winkle protested.

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