Jena Griswold says Colorado will fight any attempt to interfere with its elections
Jena GriswoldColorado Secretary of State
Griswold says Colorado has so far defeated what she calls Trump's unlawful attempts to influence election administration and will fight any attempt to interfere with the state's elections.
“Coloradans can rest assured knowing that we've so far defeated Trump's unlawful attempts to influence election administration, and we will fight any attempt to interfere with Colorado elections”
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Tina Peters' lawyer says her midterm plan would seize counted ballots for a hand recount; Colorado Democrats object
Peter Ticktin, a lawyer for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, told podcaster Joe Oltmann that her idea for the November 3 midterms is to take control of ballots as soon as voting machines count them and then recount them by hand before certification. He called it a good plan that is probably going to happen. Ed Martin, a former Justice Department official, said Peters met President Trump in the Oval Office on October 5 to discuss election integrity; the White House said it does not comment on private meetings that may or may not have happened. Gov. Jared Polis said that if there was any discussion of seizing ballot boxes, it was dangerous, and other Colorado Democrats criticized Peters. Newsweek found no evidence that Peters asked Trump directly to seize ballots and notes that her published plan calls for independent hand counts where feasible.
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Colorado Newsline reports Ed Martin's account that Tina Peters met President Trump at the White House on October 5 to discuss election integrity, the White House's refusal to comment on the meeting, and a statement by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.
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Colorado Newsline reports that Ed Martin said Peters met President Trump at the White House to talk about federal involvement in the November midterm elections, and that Griswold said Peters and Trump are election deniers who have repeatedly lied to the American people.
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Colorado Newsline notes that Polis cut Peters' prison sentence earlier this year and that the Colorado Department of Corrections released her in June.
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The case concerns the federal action Peters has sought for the midterms, including the ballot plan her lawyer describes. Responding to the reported Peters meeting with Trump, Griswold says the state will fight any attempt to interfere with its elections, an objection to that push.
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