Every statement in the record traces to a source below. These are public records — court filings, the party's own governing documents, statutes, government records, and named disclosures — attached here or linked to their public homes, so any reader can verify them directly.
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Court — 2026CV176 (Leonard v. CRC)
Forthwith Petition for Relief (C.R.S. § 1-1-113)
Filed Apr 21, 2026 by Timothy Leonard, Pro Se — seeking to compel the CRC to opt out; incorporates the federal Griswold ruling.
Stipulated Settlement Agreement (Signed)
Filed May 13, 2026, 8:08 PM · Filing ID FB904E05DCF14 · signed by Leonard (Pro Se), Eric Grossman ("Acting Chairman, CRC"), and David Pigott.
Unopposed Motion for Approval & Entry; Entry of Appearance; Proposed Consent Order
Filed May 13, 2026 by the CRC's counsel. The consent order is a proposed order bearing a blank judge-signature line.
Entered Consent Order — final judgment
Entered May 14, 2026, 1:50 PM. Rather than sign the proposed order's blank line, the court issued its own order — "The motion/proposed order attached hereto: ACTION TAKEN… entered by agreement of the parties" — signed by District Court Judge David Scott Prince, with the Consent Order attached. The order declares the 75% threshold "unconstitutional as applied," sets a majority vote as the standard, compels Secretary-of-State notice within ten days, retains jurisdiction through Dec. 31, 2028, and constitutes a "FINAL JUDGMENT ON THE MERITS."
Register of Actions (docket)
Petition Apr 21; appearance, stipulation, two proposed orders and a motion all May 13; order entered, case closed May 14. Counsel Pigott (#44005), Chase (#34971).
Docket in hand (ICCES, No. 2026CV176).
Court — Federal (Colo. Republican Party v. Griswold, 1:23-cv-01948)
Order — Partial Summary Judgment (75% threshold held unconstitutional)
Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer · Doc. #130 · March 31, 2026.
Order — Denial of Emergency TRO
Chief Judge Brimmer · Doc. #153 · April 28, 2026.
Order — Preliminary Injunction
Chief Judge Brimmer · Doc. #69 · February 2, 2024.
Complaint (#1); COGOP emergency TRO motion (#138); motion for reconsideration of #130 (#156)
Full docket and filings on the public federal record.
Court — 2025CV30292 (CRC v. Bremer)
Intra-party leadership litigation — full 219-filing set
The 2024–25 intra-party record, cited for counsel/role continuity.
On file — El Paso County District Court (ICCES), No. 2025CV30292.
Governing documents — CRC Bylaws
CRC Bylaws — Revised May 30, 2026
The post-settlement version ("Revised: May 30, 2026"), hosted on the official party site.
CRC Bylaws — prior version (adopted Aug 31, 2024)
The pre-settlement version, for the side-by-side comparison.
Statutes & legislation
C.R.S. § 1-4-702 — Nominations of candidates for general election by convention
The opt-out provision: a party may switch from a primary to assembly/convention nomination on a 75% vote of the state central committee. Current version carried by SB25-001.
C.R.S. § 1-1-113 — Neglect of duty and wrongful acts
The "forthwith petition" any eligible elector may file alleging breach/neglect of an election-code duty — the vehicle of Leonard's petition. Amended by SB23-276.
C.R.S. § 1-3-106 — Control of party controversies
The state central committee "has full power to … determine all controversies"; the state convention holds those powers only while convened, "but not otherwise."
Colorado Revised Statutes.
Proposition 108 (2016)
The citizen initiative that created the semi-open primary in which unaffiliated voters receive a major party's primary ballot — the system at issue.
Colorado 2016 ballot measure.
Party records
Acting Chairman's appointment email to the SCC membership
May 30, 2026, 8:48 a.m. — Grossman appoints a Bylaws Committee (Peabody, chair) and a Legal Affairs Committee (Degraaf, chair); plaintiff Leonard and former chair Williams named to Legal Affairs. Sent party-wide to the SCC list.
Public meeting
May 30, 2026 State Central Committee meeting — full recording
Posted publicly (CB Strategic Consulting). The chairman-election meeting whose date the revised bylaws carry; the recorded business is credentials and the chairman election, with no motion, second, or vote to adopt bylaw amendments.
Disclosure materials (named sources)
Darrel Phelan — "Emergency Message" (video)
June 10, 2026 — calls on the chair to convene the SCC and disclose the settlement.
Thomas J. Scovill — disclosure email (Jun 8); D. Lee Phelan Sr. — SCC notice (Jun 10)
Named-source disclosures that first surfaced the settlement internally. Reproduced as written; recipient lists and personal contact details omitted.
Public statements
Eric Grossman — public letter (Vice Chairman, CRC)
June 2026 — signed letter defending the settlement, stating the Secretary of State notification "was delivered, acknowledged" and "The Order was entered. Compliance began." Circulated publicly on Facebook in a post by CRC member Raymond Garcia; the poster's own comments are not reproduced.
About these documents. All filings here are public records — the 2026CV176 trial-court filings (El Paso County District Court, No. 2026CV176), including the court's entered consent order of May 14, 2026; the federal docket (1:23-cv-01948); the party's governing documents; the cited statutes; and named disclosures — reproduced as filed.
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