[3] When the Colorado legislature relaxed voter registration requirements to allow people to register in a jurisdiction if they declared their intent to move there, Caldara objected.
In September 2013, Caldara cast a blank ballot, but never moved to Colorado Springs, although he sublet a room there for a brief time.
[4] Colorado Attorney General John Suthers investigated Caldara for voting fraud, but chose not to prosecute him.
Suthers called the incident "suspicious," and said that it was questionable that Caldara ever intended to become an El Paso County resident.
[11] In March 2020, Caldara called on Colorado Governor Jared Polis for the suspension or reversal of the ban on single-use plastic or paper bags, as these, compared to reusable, and more emissions-intensive, bags produced in China, would lower the public health risk possibly without any adverse environmental effect.