Colorado voting machine password leak is not affecting elections, officials say
Colorado elections workers crisscrossed the state over the past week to update voting-machine logins after their secret passwords were accidentally posted online for several months. State officials said they were confident no one tampered with the machines after discovering the password breach and that votes would be safe.
Partial Breach of Election Machine Passwords in Colorado Poses No Risk, State Says
The secretary of state said that the machines are not online, require a second set of passwords and are under constant surveillance in locked rooms.
Judge rules Colorado counties do not need to count ballots by hand after passwords leaked
DENVER — A Denver District Court judge will decide if 34 of Colorado’s 64 counties need to count election ballots by hand following the leak of voting machine passwords.
Password mishap latest headache for Colorado’s beleaguered election clerks
Some County Clerks say the 11th-hour uncertainty about the security of the state elections system has prompted new questions from anxious voters.
Colorado blunder accidentally exposes voting machine passwords online - but officials say everything is secure
Colorado’s Secretary of State has claimed the breach does not present an immediate threat to the upcoming election
Did the Colorado Department of State Accidentally Make Voting System Passwords Public?
Yes, but state officials have said the passwords alone wouldn’t have allowed access into the state voting systems.
Denver judge rejects lawsuit seeking hand-counting of ballots in dozens of counties after passwords leak
A Denver judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the Libertarian Party to require the hand-counting of ballots in more than half of Colorado’s counties in the election. District Judge Kandace Gerdes ruled that there was no evidence that elections systems had been compromised by the inadvertent release of some passwords on the secretary of state’s website.
Judge rejects Election Day ouster of Colorado secretary of state over voting machine password leak
The Libertarian Party sued Secretary of State Jena Griswold after voting equipment passwords were posted online in a spreadsheet's hidden tab.
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Voting machine password breach: Polis deploys teams to fix problem quickly
NOV. 1 UPDATE: Polis declares fix completed in Colorado voting machine password breach Gov. Jared Polis announced the ...
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Judge tosses Libertarian party lawsuit demanding recount in wake of voting machine password leak
A Denver District Court judge has denied the Libertarian Party of Colorado's request to decommission any voting machine ...
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County officials respond to voter security concerns following state password breach
Park County put out a statement to residents late on Monday, Nov. 4 regarding heightened concerns about voter security following a password breach at the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
Colorado voting machine password breach: Polis declares fix completed
Colorado’s blitz to update all voting machine passwords and verify ... Griswold learned of the problem Oct. 24 and ...
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Voting machine password breach: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis deploys teams to fix problem quickly
DENVER — Colorado leaders scrambled to shore up security around the state’s election voting machine system following a leak of partial passwords, deploying public safety and information ...
Colorado postal carrier and friend forged stolen mail ballots to ‘test' voting security, officials say
A postal worker and her friend were arrested Wednesday in connection with the forging of stolen mail ballots in an alleged ...