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  "path": "/2026/03/23/colorado-signature-gathering-candidates-ballot-access/",
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  "textContent": "Democratic and Republican candidates collecting signatures to make their party’s primary ballot can only collect signatures from voters in their party. With unaffiliated voters now making up half of the statewide electorate, partisans are harder to find.",
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