Judge orders a stay in Broomfield fracking ban vote

A Broomfield district court judge will hear arguments Wednesday over whether the city properly conducted its election on banning the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The city’s November election on the matter was close, with an state-mandated recount indicating that the ban passed by a 20-vote margin. But election monitors representing the Broomfield Balanced Energy Coalition, which opposed the ban, filed a suit against the city, saying some of the more than 20,000 votes should have been…