Election time is upon us and allegedly accusations CO State irregularities

Lerner · Oct 30, 2024

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/colorado-accidently-put-voting-system-passwords-online-officials-115285147

Alleged accusations circulating on X:

Democratic Colorado Secretary of State tried to cover up how her office leaked passwords for voting systems until she was called out.
This is the same person who:
-Sent voter registration mailers to 30,000 non-citizens
Among other accusations.

SteveFoerster · Oct 30, 2024

So, the actual article is from AP and is genuinely damning. This was an utter no-excuses level of incompetence.

As for "Alleged accusations circulating on X", I don't know why anyone would bother to posting something that is so clearly not actual news.

Lerner · Oct 30, 2024

Colorado GOP is raising questions and making the following accusations, they connect this incident to other incidents by the same office in the past:

Griswold and her team released a statement yesterday on this mess. What was most telling is what was not included:

She doesn’t deny that the passwords were current. She said some were no longer current in an interview, but how many of the hundreds released were current?

She did not say who posted the confidential passwords or how it happened.

She did not say whether an investigation had been commenced or completed to determine why the file was posted (accidental or intentional). She just claims it was an accident. How does she know that?

She does not say when it was posted. Were they posted before the primaries? Are those results now also in jeopardy?

She talks about physical access controls, but there are numerous individuals with access to the systems; the protection is that they are not to have the BIOS passwords too; the individuals include:

county employees

county clerks

third party vendors

other State employees in her office that are forbidden BIOS password access for security reasons

How is she able to assure the public that none of these hundreds or thousands of individuals accessed the BIOS over that large amount of time?

She failed to address the findings of the 2022 Douglas County review that demonstrated the ability to remotely access election systems.

Our letter to her and the release yesterday was not worded to score political points. We were fair, and our requests which are still unanswered, were reasonable. This is not a partisan issue.

This is a serious incident, and her response is not a serious response. Matthew 7:1 state: “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” The Secretary and her office should be held to the same high standard as everyone else. The integrity of our elections is too important.

The Colorado Republican Party will seek legal relief in the courts as long as the Secretary refuses to provide sufficient reassurances as outlined in our previous letter to her. Additionally, we are calling on the legislature, especially Republican lawmakers, to convene an emergency audit committee hearing to uncover what the Secretary has been hiding from the public. She admitted to the press that she refused to disclose this password leak until our State Party exposed it. This is a cover-up.

Finally, to the counties, you have obligations now under the Colorado Election Rules. The Secretary has violated Election Rule 20.5.2(c)(11) [8 CCR 1505-1]. She admits it. You have a requirement under Rule 20.5.8(a)(1) to file an incident report for any violation of Rule 20. The Secretary must then determine under Rule 20.12/2(b), in good faith, whether the machines should be decertified.

Confidential passwords were leaked to individuals with physical access. That is all anyone needs to know. It demands more than a press release.
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NotJoeBiden · Oct 31, 2024

“Griswold said workers are changing passwords, looking at access logs and chain of custody books.”

sounds like they have a handle on this.

SteveFoerster · Oct 31, 2024

Lerner said: ↑

Colorado GOP is raising questions and making the following accusations, they connect this incident to other incidents by the same office in the past:
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Let's be sure to give the Colorado GOP's questions and accusations all the consideration they are due.

Bill Huffman · Oct 31, 2024

SteveFoerster said: ↑

Let's be sure to give the Colorado GOP's questions and accusations all the consideration they are due.
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Yes like in 2020, Trump and his supporters filed over 60 court cases alleging election fraud. The cases were dismissed because there was no evidence. Trump's allegations are definitely not evidence themselves except perhaps of evidence of false allegations.

NotJoeBiden · Oct 31, 2024

So much winning!

Lerner · Oct 31, 2024

Bill Huffman said: ↑

Yes like in 2020, Trump and his supporters filed over 60 court cases alleging election fraud. The cases were dismissed because there was no evidence. Trump's allegations are definitely not evidence themselves except perhaps of evidence of false allegations.
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This time, it appears serous negligence at minimum.

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