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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Investigator finds Colorado voter system passwords were not intentionally posted online

Elections 2024 Colorado Security - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A “series of inadvertent and unforeseen events” resulted in Colorado voting system passwords being posted on the Secretary of State’s website, an outside investigator said.

A Denver attorney did not find any intentional wrongdoing by Secretary of State Jena Griswold or staff in her office, but said two policies were violated. Attorney Beth Doherty Quinn suggested in her report, dated Sunday, that the agency require a more thorough review of documents before they are posted on the secretary's website and better protection of passwords.

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