Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has called on lawmakers to limit the use of discretionary recounts in state elections to only close races, arguing that the current system allows for “bad actors” to inject doubts into often settled races.
It’s Peters’ long-shot recount that helped prompt Griswold’s desire to change how the system works here. Her legislative ask would put an upper limit on discretionary recounts: Only candidates within 2% of their opponent could seek one. Candidates who lost by more than that, Griswold reasoned, are unlikely to benefit from a recount anyway.
Beyond the recount provision, she also wants to automatically enroll tribal members to vote while requiring counties to post results by a set time on Election Night. Larger counties — those over 10,000 voters — would also be required to begin tabulating ballots at least four days in advance under her proposal.
Such tweaks are common after elections, she and Fenberg said, and most of the bill would consist of technical changes and tweaks. The automatic enrollment for tribal members would be unique in the United States, Griswold said, and her plan would also guarantee early voting access in those areas in the days before an election. Her desire for earlier, more prescriptive tabulation is born of election conspiracies about late counting and results.
“The big lie and misinformation have led to election workers, clerks, my office having their lives threatened,” she said, referring to the false conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. “It led to two security breaches in Elbert and Mesa County. Lies led to a voter trying to compromise voting equipment during Election Day in 2022. They led to conspiracy after conspiracy.”
As for recounts, Griswold said Peters’ recount last year put “tremendous” strain on election workers and that it sought to cast doubt on the state’s election integrity. Limiting them to only closer races, she said, would ensure the process wasn’t abused.
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