She was a student government officer at Fairview and was described, then as now, as “a smart, visionary, compassionate person” by former Boulder County Commissioner Josie Heath.
[1][2][3] On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, which includes Colorado, issued an opinion in Kitchen v. Herbert declaring Utah's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
On July 9 another state court judge, C. Scott Crabtree, ruled that Colorado's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional but stayed that decision pending appeal.
On July 23 a federal court judge ruled Colorado's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional but that decision was also stayed pending appeal.
[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the 10th Circuit's Utah case, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in Colorado.
[12][13] Ralph Shnelvar sued Hall in 2012 to have designated election watchers observe her office's handling of mail-in and other ballots.