Adding Adams County DA in a general ballot question violates the constitutional rights of Broomfield voters

A U.S. District judge ordered to exclude the Adams County district attorney from the 2009 November ballot where voters will be asked to allow elected officials to run for a third four-year term.

Broomfield and Adams counties make up the 17th Judicial District, but Broomfield does not have a term-limit extension question on its November ballot. Therefore, Judge Phillip A. Brimmer ruled that including the Adams County DA in a general ballot question only in Adams County violates the constitutional rights of Broomfield voters.

Adams County Clerk and Recorder Karen Long said she will remove the DA's office from the ballot.