Trump supporters slam Colorado official with death threats amid ballot battle: report
1 year ago

Trump supporters slam Colorado official with death threats amid ballot battle: report

Raw Story  

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold stopped counting the death threats she’s received from Donald Trump supporters as her state successfully challenged his right to be on its 2024 presidential ballot, she said Wednesday in a new report. “I’m extremely concerned.” Griswold made this admission after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to block Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment ban on insurrectionists, a decision the former president has vowed to take to the Supreme Court. But Griswold says she’s been receiving terrifying messages since she first filed the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington lawsuit challenging Trump’s eligibility in September, the Huffington Post reports. “I did not bring this case.” But Griswold said she approves of her state’s Supreme Court decision because she’s been concerned about Trump since Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

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Colorado accidently put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Colorado accidently put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure

The Independent  

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Official who tried to kick Trump off ballot gets death threat while giving birth: report
2 months, 1 week ago

Official who tried to kick Trump off ballot gets death threat while giving birth: report

Raw Story  

Colorado's Secretary of State Jena Griswold says she has received more than 1,000 violent threats since last year after backing an effort to keep Donald Trump off her state's ballot for his role in the Jan.6 insurrection. Griswold has been targeted with phone calls and other menacing communications for at least a year and, in August, her security detail was …

Man charged with making online threats to kill election officials in Colorado and Arizona
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Man charged with making online threats to kill election officials in Colorado and Arizona

Associated Press  

DURANGO, Colo. — A 45-year-old Colorado man was charged Monday with making numerous online threats to kill election officials and others in Colorado and Arizona. “We allege that the defendant made detailed death threats against election officials, judges, and law enforcement officers,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement. In 2021 and 2022, online accounts on the Rumble …

Flood of hate that hit Colorado election chief after bid to ban Trump from ballot revealed
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Flood of hate that hit Colorado election chief after bid to ban Trump from ballot revealed

Raw Story  

Ever since she expressed support for the unsuccessful effort to keep Donald Trump off the state ballot for the 2024 election, Colorado's Secretary of State has seen an escalation in violent online threats. Jena Griswold was brought in as a co-defendant when a group of Colorado residents sued the state to keep Trump off the ballot. According to Rolling Stone, …

Trump demands Supreme Court overturn Colorado decision disqualifying him from 2024 ballots
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump demands Supreme Court overturn Colorado decision disqualifying him from 2024 ballots

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “By considering the question of President Trump’s eligibility and barring him from the ballot, …

'Trump engaged in insurrection': Colorado secretary of state urges SCOTUS to 'act quickly'
11 months, 3 weeks ago

'Trump engaged in insurrection': Colorado secretary of state urges SCOTUS to 'act quickly'

Raw Story  

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to "act quickly" to uphold Donald Trump's ban from the state's primary ballot. I urge the U.S. Supreme Court to act quickly given the upcoming presidential primary election," the Colorado official added. "Four members of Colorado's Supreme Court spelled out exactly how and why Trump cannot appear on …

Colorado police investigate threats against judges after Trump removed from presidential ballot
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Colorado police investigate threats against judges after Trump removed from presidential ballot

ABC  

Colorado authorities are investigating possible threats against state Supreme Court justices, Denver police said on Tuesday, one week after the court's decision barring former president Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot. The Denver Police Department also said it was providing "extra patrols" around the homes of the justices, who ruled 4-3 on December 19 that Mr Trump should …

Colorado judges who disqualified Donald Trump face 'threats', FBI probe on
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Colorado judges who disqualified Donald Trump face 'threats', FBI probe on

India Today  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the threats made against Colorado Supreme Court judges who ruled last week to remove former US President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot. The court ruled that Trump isn’t an eligible presidential candidate, citing "clear and convincing evidence" he was engaged in insurrection at the time of the 2021 US Capitol riots. An …

'Behead judges': Here are Trump supporters' violent threats in wake of Colorado ruling
1 year ago

'Behead judges': Here are Trump supporters' violent threats in wake of Colorado ruling

Raw Story  

In just 24 hours after the Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling that blocked former President Donald Trump from the state’s electoral ballot, a flood of violent and hate-filled messages hit the judges. Many of the comments, first reported by NBC News, were posted in response to Trump’s responses to the ruling on his Truth Social platform. “We are seeing …

'At a crossroads': Former GOP elections chief argues Trump should be barred from CO ballot
1 year ago

'At a crossroads': Former GOP elections chief argues Trump should be barred from CO ballot

Raw Story  

Mary Estill Buchanan, a former Republican Colorado secretary of state, argues in court papers filed Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be barred from the Colorado presidential ballot in 2024. In September, six unaffiliated and Republican voters, backed by the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, sued Trump and Secretary of State Jena Griswold, arguing that the …

Harvard Law Expert Says Colorado Is 'Special' In Fight To Boot Trump From Ballot
1 year, 3 months ago

Harvard Law Expert Says Colorado Is 'Special' In Fight To Boot Trump From Ballot

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe shared his insights on the power of a Colorado lawsuit seeking to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. Tribe told MSNBC’s Ari Velshi on Sunday the lawsuit is the strongest challenge yet, in part because the plaintiffs “clearly have standing under Colorado law” and ironclad research backing up …

Man gets prison for threatening Colorado election official
2 years, 2 months ago

Man gets prison for threatening Colorado election official

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska man was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for making online threats against Colorado’s top elections official, one of the first cases brought by a federal task force devoted to protecting elections workers nationwide from rising threats. It was the first guilty plea obtained by the U.S. Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, launched last year …

Colorado’s top elections official seeks security protection
3 years ago

Colorado’s top elections official seeks security protection

Associated Press  

DENVER — Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state is asking lawmakers for $200,000 annually for guards and other security-related measures after receiving escalating threats over her advocacy of elections security. “Like other agencies responsible for carrying out elections across the country, the Colorado Secretary of State’s office has experienced an unprecedented spike in threats toward the secretary of state and the …

Colorado voting officials feud over alleged security breach
3 years, 4 months ago

Colorado voting officials feud over alleged security breach

Associated Press  

DENVER — What began as an investigation into how election equipment passwords from a rural Colorado county got posted on a right wing blog has turned into a feud between the state’s Democratic secretary of state and the county’s conservative clerk. Colorado’s Democratic Secretary of State Jenna Griswold then took her turn in the war-of-words Thursday at a news conference, …

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