Judge nixes lawsuit against Keyser’s GOP ballot spot

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove Jon Keyser from Colorado’s Republican U.S. Senate primary.

District Judge Morris Hoffman said Tuesday the suit was filed too late. The primary is June 28, and overseas ballots have been sent out. Local mail ballots will be sent starting June 6.

The Denver Post reports (http://tinyurl.com/gmnkago ) the plaintiffs argued, in part, that Keyser should be disqualified because his campaign submitted voter petitions marred by forgeries.

The suit said those petitions invalidated dozens of signatures that put Keyser above the 1,500-signature threshold in the Denver-area 1st Congressional District.

The primary winner will face Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet in November.