The Denver City Council sided with Clerk and Recorder Paul López in a fight with the mayor over funding for elections.

In a letter, a supermajority of the council asked Mayor Mike Johnston to increase funding for López’s election division. López has criticized Johnston and threatened to close voting centers and ballot boxes if election funding isn’t increased.

Johnston, meanwhile, has said that every agency needs to run a tight budget in 2026.

While López has asked for an additional $4.5 million, the council supermajority said that his office should get at least $2.5 million more, as well as a rollover of $1 million in unspent money from this year.

“The Council urges the Mayor and the Clerk and Recorder to work collaboratively toward an acceptable resolution on this funding issue,” wro

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