Colorado secretary of state sues to stop Mesa County clerk from overseeing elections

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JUST IN: Colorado’s secretary of state filed a lawsuit Monday to remove the clerk of Mesa County from her role overseeing elections because the clerk is under criminal investigation for allegedly allowing a security breach of election equipment.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold ...

Colorado secretary of state sues to stop Mesa County clerk from overseeing elections
Colorado’s secretary of state filed a lawsuit Monday to remove the clerk of Mesa County from her role overseeing elections because the clerk is under criminal investigation for allegedly allo…
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10:56 AM · Aug 30, 2021

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/08/30/tina-peters-mesa-county-jena-griswold/

Colorado’s secretary of state filed a lawsuit Monday to remove the clerk of Mesa County from her role overseeing elections because the clerk is under criminal investigation for allegedly allowing a security breach of election equipment.

Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, filed the lawsuit in Mesa County District Court. Griswold can unilaterally require supervision of county elections, as she did in Mesa County earlier this month, but needs a judge’s order before taking the additional step of preventing county clerks from overseeing elections.

Monday’s lawsuit is the latest fallout from an alleged security breach at Mesa County’s election office. Griswold believes that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a Republican, allowed an unauthorized man into a secure room in May. Images of the county’s election equipment passwords and hard drives were later posted online and presented at a conspiracy theorist conference that Peters attended.

The alleged breach is under investigation by the FBI and the Mesa County District Attorney’s Office, with assistance from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Griswold’s office also investigated the matter and determined that Peters likely allowed the breach to occur May 25.

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[Lovie777]

1. And hiding out with that my pillow fellow . .

[madamesilverspurs]

2. Griswold was our guest speaker last night

at our county Dem's dinner. In speaking about this story she opined that had the storyline showed up in a television show the viewers would demand that the writers be fired. And she is both concerned and creeped out by the Lindell involvement.

Her election security and ballot-availability efforts, by the way, are supported by county election officials throughout the state, including Republicans.



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[cojoel]

3. Will Peters come out of hiding to defend the suit

or remain hidden? Does anybody know at what point would it be considered that she had abandoned her office?