Ballots are sorted at the Weld County Elections office in Greeley on June 25, 2024. (Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline)
Colorado’s election system remains secure even after voting system passwords were inadvertently exposed for months on the secretary of state’s website, say experts interviewed by Newsline on Wednesday, including several county clerks.
Secretary of State Jena Griswold acknowledged Tuesday that the passwords were hidden but accessible on a spreadsheet posted online. The spreadsheet, which contains an inventory of voting system components used throughout Colorado’s 64 counties, has been updated to remove the passwords, but not before they were detected by at least one person who alerted the Colorado Republican Party to their presence.
Griswold’s office announced the leak late Tuesday in a statement that said it “does not pose an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections.”