County Clerks Facing Death Threats Amid Push for 'Sham' Election Audits, Says Colorado SOS

Some county clerks in Colorado have received death threats as supporters of former President Donald Trump call for election audits, according to the secretary of state there.

President Joe Biden handily won Colorado over former President Donald Trump by a double-digit margin of more than 13 points. But Trump supporters in the western state appear to have been misled by the former president's baseless claims that the 2020 election was "rigged" or "stolen" by Democrats—leading some to demand audits and recounts.

"Some clerks are getting death threats," Colorado's Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, told The Colorado Sun newspaper for an article published Friday. "Some counties are being called to do these third-party, unsecure sham audits."

Griswold adopted an emergency rule this week limiting access to voting equipment in Colorado to officials who have passed background checks. In addition to passing a background check, the new rule only allows employees of a county's elections office, the secretary of state's office or a voting system vendor to access the equipment, as well as appointed election judges.

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