At least 12 mailed ballots were stolen in a rural Colorado county and then sent in with fraudulent votes, three of which slipped past county election officials and were counted in next month's general election, state officials said Thursday.
A fourth ballot was almost counted, but the voter — who had not received their ballot — received an electronic notification that their ballot had been accepted by the elections office and contacted the clerk, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said during a news conference in Denver.
