The issue of voting integrity, and untrue allegations that the 2020 election was stolen, were front and center at Saturday’s Republican State Assembly, even as the topic continues to divide the wider GOP.
Three of the most vocal candidates on the issue won enough support to move ahead to the June primary in their races. Delegates also passed a resolution supporting limits on Colorado’s all-mail ballot voting system.
Election integrity even came up in the running of the assembly itself, as some participants launched an unsuccessful, last minute attempt to force organizers to use paper ballots to tally votes for the candidates, instead of electronic clickers.
Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters received some of the loudest cheers of the assembly during her nomination speech, and secured a spot on the primary ballot with 60 percent of the delegates, the highest percentage of support in any of the contested races.
“This arena is full of constitutional conservatives who believe our elections are not yet secure,” Peters told the crowd. She accused Democrats — who hold the secretary of state’s office and majorities in the state legislature — of snatching control of Colorado’s election tools and claimed they’ve attempted to silence her to “spook voters.”
Peters has been indicted on multiple counts over her role in a security breach of Mesa county’s voting machines. She has claimed she was trying to uncover evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election. A federal...
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