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DENVER (CBS4) — Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold asked the national media to not report any results on any election results on Nov. 3, using the hashtag #PressPause.
ATTN NATIONAL MEDIA EXECUTIVES: Our democracy cannot be held hostage to a ratings race. If you care about our democracy, you will protect it. Full Stop. (thread)
— Jena Griswold (@JenaGriswold) October 1, 2020
“Our democracy cannot be held hostage to a ratings race. If you care about our democracy, you will protect it. Full Stop,” Griswold tweeted.
“We are in the middle of a pandemic and the President of the United States has telegraphed that he may claim victory on election night, even when millions of ballots will not have been counted,” she continued.
“Indisputable facts: 1. This is no normal election. A record number of Americans will be voting by mail. 2. Election ‘night’ will be dramatically different than ever before. We need an UNPRECEDENTED plan from the media for how they will cover an unprecedented election.”
“That is why I am calling on national media networks to pledge to #PressPause for democracy and: 1. Make NO projections on election night 2. Announce NO election results on election night”
“In the coming days, I will ask election administrators, voting rights organizations, media ethicists, corporations, religious leaders, and all concerned Americans to stand with me in demanding media executives #PressPause for democracy.”
Mail-in voting has recently been a target of the Trump administration, with the president claiming it would lead to fraud.
“There is a lot of misinformation about this election. Unfortunately a lot of it comes from the President of United States,” Griswold said at a a virtual town hall Thursday.
Griswold, a Democrat, praised Colorado’s systems as being at the “forefront of accessible elections,” saying it includes mail-in voting, which started in 2013. Griswold encouraged mail-in voting due to the health risks of the coronavirus pandemic and noted that there are over 350 ballot drop boxes across the state.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information.
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/10/01/olorado-secretary-state-jena-griswold-asks-media-not-report-results-election-night/