As Colorado's election season heats up, our mailboxes are filling up. From now through November, Coloradans will become increasingly inundated with campaign literature in the mail, on our computer screens, and on TV and the radio.

Those messages vary from glowing to vicious - even about the same candidate. And it isn't always clear where the messenger is coming from - or how they paid for the message.

That's where #COPolitics' "Follow the Message" comes in. They are collecting political messages received by voters, creating a database of those messages, and analyzing to see where they are coming from.

Join Colorado Common Cause as we hear from Sandra Fish, a long-time reporter, editor and data journalist about her Follow the Message project. Come get an overview on how much money has been spent in the primary, where these dollars are coming from, and how we can help track and expose big money in our elections.

COLORADO COMMON CAUSE MONTHLY MEMBER HAPPY HOUR:

"Follow the Message: Who's Paying to Influence Your Vote?"

Thursday, June 7, 2018

5 - 7 PM (program @ 5:30)

The Irish Snug (downstairs)

1201 E. Colfax Ave, Denver CO