Griswold is up for re-election on Nov. 2, 2022.
Secretary of State Jena Griswold stops in Montrose, discusses election security and voting accessThe secretary’s office is currently working on a “pretty big” legislative agenda that has not yet been announced, said Griswold, adding that they will continue to fight to ensure open access with increased security. She described Colorado as the gold standard for both, her office additionally establishing a unit to combat foreign disinformation in 2020 that is being considered a model for other states to replicate.
Colorado has 16 forms of accepted identification under its voter ID law, including verified signatures on the back of mailed ballots.
“We have a voter verified paper ballot, which means that a hacker can’t hack the election,” said Griswold. “We do something afterwards called a Bipartisan Risk Limiting Audit to ensure that the tabulation is correct and we can bind to a statistical degree of certainty that the election was correct and that’s why we have such high confidence.”
The secretary’s office continuously works with all counties to ensure they have resources needed, according to the state official. The department works with the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the counties, as well as hosting events that simulate election disasters with several counties in attendance.
Griswold anticipates more “insider threats” across the nation, adding her concern for individuals elected to oversee democracy deciding to “risk the integrity of an election system.”
We need election officials who believe in facts and democracy, in the will of the voter and who will do the right thing regardless of the outcome of the race, Griswold said.
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