District Prosecutor Jeff Lindsay: Fremont County elections were not compromised – Canon City Daily Record

After completing its investigation, the service of the 11th court district prosecutor has officially announced that it approved the decision taken by the Denver District Prosecutor’s Office not to raise criminal charges against Colorado Secretary of State for publication of the main entrance/exit system (BIOS ) Passwords in 2024

The BIOS is responsible for launching the operating systems of officials.

District prosecutor Jeff Lindsay in a recent press release states that he has reviewed the report on the incident, and every district official and record holder in Fremont, Chaffi, Park and Caster was linked before making that decision.

“A request was made to determine if the unharmed elections had occurred,” Lindsay said in a press release. “Every clerk and record holder in the district have indicated that there are no illegal cases of election that may have been affected by the release of the passwords. The four employees and recorders expressed satisfaction with the integrity of the 2024 election. “

On Wednesday, Fremont County employee and recorder Justin Grantham said that the exhibited passwords were from a time frame, several of the officials to receive new equipment with new passwords, leaving these counties intact, including all cities in the 11th court district.

Grantham and Lindsey received letters from residents demanding – and some demanding – Granham to submit a state incident report. However, there were no incidents in Fremont County, which made no compromise in the 2024 elections.

“We had no problems,” Grantham said. “I checked for everything that is done maliciously – nothing is done.”

He reviewed more than four months of video footage from the secured electoral hall of Fremont County to make sure.

The room is always locked and observed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with a video. Only persons with the authority of the clerk’s service have access to the room and those who enter the office must enter and leave.

“Nothing happened but video shots are bark [Colorado Open Records Act ] Required, ”said Grantham. “All that is related to the election is Cora that may be required.”

Even paper newsletters are available electronically by requesting CORA if voters want to count by hand and video surveillance from dropping boxes can be requested.

If people find a problem, Grantham will compare it to the vote and if there is indeed a discrepancy, he will go to the courts, the secretary of the state office and his voting provider and provide proof that the votes were missed.

“I take the worries very seriously,” Grantham said. “I will look at the concerns very seriously, but at the same time there are checks and balances to achieve reliable results.”

At the beginning of November, numerous voters from the 11th Judicial District (as well as other judicial districts in Colorado) sent declarations requesting an investigation by the District Prosecutor’s Office in the publication of BIOS passwords by the Secretary of State of Colorado. An informal meeting was held in which all those affected by the district attorneys and the executive team at the District Prosecutor of Colorado discussed the most effective way to investigate the allegations.

The Denver District Prosecutor’s Office took over the lead in the investigation. On December 20, Denver District Attorney Beth McCan announced that her office would not pursue criminal accusations on the subject, stating that the decision was the result of a seven -week investigation from the Denver’s Denver Office of two Stols, which was being They refer to the publication of passwords related to a second -degree voting system.

“After an extensive investigation by prosecutors and investigators in my cabinet, we concluded that there were no criminal violations of the law on the publication of the passwords of the voting machine,” McCan said in a statement. “Based on everything we learned, the passwords were published by mistake, not” consciously “as required, to prove a violation of CRS 1-13-708 (2), or” conscious, arbitrary or capricious “, As necessary to demonstrate a violation of CRS 18-8-405 (1). There are no indications that passwords are published in an attempt to influence the result of elections. “

The report was sent to all district lawyers in Colorado.

“The District Prosecutor’s Office acknowledges the importance of just and legal elections,” Lindsay said in the press release. “They are the cornerstone of our democracy. As has been done in this investigation, discrepancies should be investigated and processed. The investigation is considered closed at that time. “