Voter Fraud

Seems in Colorado we don’t have a huge problem given our population of  4,000,000. Our County Clerk and recorder system works fairly well. Still, glad to see our Secretary of State looking at the issue. If the Progressives could look beyond their “grievance hood”, they might see the benefit of citizens believing the elections are honest. Important, as Colorado has been identified as a "swing" state.

STATE OF COLORADO Scott Gessler
Department of State Secretary of State
1700 Broadway
Suite 200 Suzanne Staiert
Denver, CO 80290 Deputy Secretary of State
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: (303) 860-6903
August 30, 2012 Rich Coolidge
richard.coolidge@sos.state.co.us
Andrew Cole
andrew.cole@sos.state.co.us
1 in 8 voters who received letters trending as non-citizens
Registered voters who presented non-citizen documents respond to letters

Denver, Colo. – Today Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler released the results from letters
mailed to possible non-citizens on the voter rolls showing that one in eight voters who showed a
non-citizen document to the DMV remain ineligible. The letters asked them to either voluntarily
withdraw their voter registration or affirm that they are naturalized citizens. The results are as
follows:

• 3,903 letters sent
• 1,011 voters moved with no forwarding address
• 482 voters affirmed their citizenship
• 16 voters voluntarily withdrew their registrations

“Each of these residents helps improve the integrity of our voter rolls and increases voter
confidence across the state,” Gessler said. “While some prefer to fan partisan flames and score
political points, these residents share an interest in ensuring only eligible voters are casting
ballots.”

Of the 3,903, the office verified 1,416 voters who had an alien identification number on file with
the DMV using the Systematic Alien Verification and Entitlements (SAVE) system. The system
identified 177 voters who require additional verification from the federal government to confirm
their citizenship status. 42 of these voters have voted in Colorado elections. This analysis shows
one in eight of these identified voters remain non-citizens and ineligible to vote.

“We identified a vulnerability, and this effort helps protect our elections,” Gessler said. “When
some races hinge on just a handful of votes, every vote counts. My goal is to make it easy to
vote, but tough to cheat.”