Talk:Jeff Colyer

Birtherism and removal of supported text

In mid-September 2012, as a member of the Kansas three-person Objections Board, less than two months before the presidential election, Colyer fully supported the ridiculous challenge to the appearance of Barack Obama on the 2012 Kansas November ballot, though Obama had been president at that point for 44 months and ballots had to be mailed to service personnel that month. From the citations:

The notion that Obama was born anywhere other than in Hawaii has long been discredited (where) officials also have repeatedly confirmed his citizenship.

The Kansas board is led by Secretary of State Kris Kobach, other members are Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer...He noted that the board doesn't have any document certifying the authenticity of the copy of Obama's birth certificate that is available online. " We have to take our responsibilities seriously," he said, (meaning) that we make a decision with all of the evidence that can be obtained before we decide it."

(Kobach...Schmidt...and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer said they need to review the president's birth certificate and other documents before they can respond to a complaint alleging that Mr. Obama is not a "natural born citizen." The State Objections Board, which the trio serve on, is seeking more information from three states -- Hawaii, Arizona, and Mississippi. (O)fficials in Arizona and Mississippi have conducted similar investigations.) "The State Objections Board is asking other states for evidence presented to them on this same issue of eligibility," Kay Curtis, spokeswoman for...Kobach, told CBS News. Neither...Schmidt (n)or Kansas Lieutenant Governor Colyer returned calls for comment.

Not only these three citations that were removed contain this and similar information, such as the statement that numerous state and federal courts had thrown out such objections, but other citations in the article which were not deleted also did so. The NY Times citation from September 15, 2012, for instance, notes the composition of the board and continues:

Mr. Kobach declined an interview request on Friday. But The Topeka Capital-Journal quoted him as saying Thursday that the board was doing its due diligence.

I've just spent over an hour substantiating the need for this deletion revert. Please don't make it again. Activist (talk) 09:06, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Succession as Governor

Brownback's confirmation as International Religious Freedom Ambassador has been stalled for almost six months. Succession by Colyer at this point remains speculative. Activist (talk) 00:11, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Main picture

Is there a better picture of Governor Colyer other than what is being used now? This photo is not a complimentary picture of him and could be seen as not showing a neutral point of view. Billybob2002 (talk) 20:02, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

The picture of Colyer looks like Colyer, to me, and as neutral as could be imagined. If you really feel that his picture should be more flattering, perhaps you could take him out for a Hollywood-class makeover at your expense, take a picture, upload it to Wikipedia, and your dreams will be realized. Personally, I don't feel that it's the job of Wikipedia to, "...make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Activist (talk) 00:04, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Putting successor in infobox

I disagree with the addition of adding Laura Kelly to the infobox due to the fact that we've NEVER done this before, including when Trump was elected as President. Samtondiaz has added the "elect"s to a majority of the successors for incumbents, yet despite there being no consensus, they continue to revert. Corky 16:15, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

On the contrary, we have done this before for just about every politicians' infobox, when ever we knew who his/her successor would be. We used either (elect) or (designate) for examples. GoodDay (talk) 00:15, 12 November 2018 (UTC)