GOP Canvass Board Member Declines to Sign Arapahoe Election Results

By Jacob Factor | KDVR Fox31

DENVER (KDVR) — The election results in Arapahoe County were certified last week by the county’s canvass board, but not with apparent approval of the county’s Republican Party designee.

Results from the Nov. 4 general election were certified across the state last week, after procedural steps including post-election audits and reviews of the audits and voter and ballot counts by each county’s canvass board.

Even though election officials in Arapahoe County went through the same processes as others —and the Arapahoe County Republican Party Chair John Temple certified other stages in the election process — the Republican Party’s canvass board designee, Robert Downey, refused to sign the certification of the results, according to a county spokesperson.

The results in the county were still certified, though, as the other two board members, Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez and Democrat Party designee Jane Ringer, did sign the certification, and state law only requires a majority of the board to certify results.

“When (Downey) indicated he wouldn’t sign, staff and other Canvass Board members asked if he had any additional questions or aspects of the election he wanted to review in greater detail,” Arapahoe County public information officer Jill McGranahan said in a statement to FOX31. “He declined, saying only that he didn’t ‘believe the results.’”

McGranahan said county staff answered Downey’s questions and explained each piece of data and process “to his satisfaction” even though he refused to sign the certification.

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