Advanced ballot matching technology thwarts fraud scheme in Colorado, officials say

Election officials in Colorado are crediting advanced ballot matching technology for snuffing out a scheme to fraudulently cast as many as a dozen ballots in the upcoming presidential election.

At least a dozen voters in Mesa County, Colorado, had their ballots stolen and fraudulently filled out without them knowing, Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced on Thursday.

"On Tuesday, October 23, the Department of State learned that at least 12 ballots appear to have been intercepted before reaching voters," Griswold said in a statement. "Those ballots were voted and then returned to the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder via USPS mailboxes."

After the stolen mail ballots were returned to the clerk's office, the state's voter signature verification system flagged discrepancies with the signatures on some of the ballots. When election officials reached out to the voters to offer them a chance to "cure" the issue, the voters informed the officials that they hadn't voted.




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