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Bulletin highlights insider threats, terrorism and fires in ballot boxes as Election Day nears
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Bulletin highlights insider threats, terrorism and fires in ballot boxes as Election Day nears

By Marianne Goodland | The Gazette, via Colorado Politics With Election Day only a week away, the number of threats to the voting processes are escalating, putting election officials, law enforcement and the federal government on a heightened state of alert. And Colorado has not been immune.  The Colorado Information Analysis Center, part of the state Department of Public Safety, recently sent out a “situational analysis bulletin” to election officials and law enforcement, highlighting dozens of election-related threats in Colorado and nationwide.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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How does the signature verification process work for ballot envelopes?
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How does the signature verification process work for ballot envelopes?

By Gabrielle Franklin | Fox 31 News Tuesday marks one week until election day, and the Problem Solvers have been getting questions about how the process works once ballots are received. Elections in Colorado undergo a detailed verification and security process. The Clerk and Recorders Office showed FOX31 how signatures are verified. Elections in Colorado are secure and big operations. The FOX31 crew could not get anywhere in the building where ballots are received without being badged in by an escort. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Colorado GOP: Hundreds of voting system passwords were publicly shared by secretary of state’s office
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Colorado GOP: Hundreds of voting system passwords were publicly shared by secretary of state’s office

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice More than 600 BIOS passwords for voting system components in 63 of the state's 64 counties were publicly shared in a file on Secretary of State Jena Griswold's website, a news release email from the Colorado Republican Party reads. An unnamed state official "discretely removed" the passwords on Thursday, Oct. 24, the release states. "The passwords were not encrypted or otherwise protected – this means they were available for public consumption," the Colorado Republican Party's email reads. The file may have been posted publicly since August, with the amended file posted Oct. 24. BIOS passwords allow access for "knowledgeable users to fundamentally manipulate systems and data" and to remove trace evidence of doing so, the Colorado Republ...
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Evans to be joined by Bright, Gonzalez, Navarro, Woog in two town hall meetings this week
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Evans to be joined by Bright, Gonzalez, Navarro, Woog in two town hall meetings this week

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Gabe Evans, the Republican nominee in Colorado's 8th U.S. House District, has announced a pair of town hall breakfast meetings in advance of Election Day. The Army combat veteran and former police lieutenant will be joined at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, by 8th District State Board of Education candidate Yazmin Navarro, Colorado Senate District 13 candidate Scott Bright and Colorado House District 50 candidate Ryan Gonzalez at Aunt Helen’s Café and Wine Bar, 800 8th Avenue, Suite 101, in Greeley. Evans will be joined at 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, by Colorado House District 19 candidate Dan Woog at Pepper’s Fireside Grille, 8274 Colorado Blvd. in Longmont. Evans is seeking to make Democrat Yadira Caraveo a one-term member of Congress. She is r...
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Kamala Harris unveiling a new ‘accent’ during Philadelphia rally a week before the 2024 election
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Kamala Harris unveiling a new ‘accent’ during Philadelphia rally a week before the 2024 election

By Katelyn Caralle | Daily Mail Kamala Harris can't seem to stop switching her accent. The vice president is once again being roasted online for using a 'fake accent' to assimilate to a predominantly black audience. While speaking at a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, social media users highlighted a point where they said Harris began speaking like a southern Baptist preacher and quoted from the Bible's book of Psalms. 'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. The path may seem hard, the work may seem heavy, but joy cometh in the morning. And church morning is on its way,' Harris said in a widely-shared clip. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY MAIL
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Joe Rogan says Harris sit down was scrapped after campaign told him she ‘only wanted to do an hour’
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Joe Rogan says Harris sit down was scrapped after campaign told him she ‘only wanted to do an hour’

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn  | Fox News Podcast giant Joe Rogan revealed his sitdown with Vice President Kamala Harris was scrapped due to the demands from her campaign, although he left open the possibility it could still happen if on his terms. On Friday, Rogan sat down with former President Trump for a three-hour conversation that has already earned more than 36 million views on YouTube. Episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience" are usually between two and three hours long. After sharing the Trump podcast on X, Rogan cleared the air as to why he has not sat down with the Democratic nominee, although he left open the chance it could happen. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Marshall: Farmers and ranchers, the backbone of America, are turning to Trump to deliver
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Marshall: Farmers and ranchers, the backbone of America, are turning to Trump to deliver

By Roger Marshall | Commentary, Newsweek Our farmers and ranchers are the backbone of our economy. Sadly, under the Biden-Harris administration, farmers, ranchers, and rural America have been sidelined. As a Kansan and fifth-generation farm kid, who now serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, the very idea of a candidate who doesn't understand the value of agriculture is unfit to hold the nuclear codes. Food security is national security, and we need a leader in the White House who realizes the importance of agriculture, trade deals, and the "art of the deal" that gives America the upper hand. For four years, the Biden-Harris administration has declared war on American agriculture. Their reckless policies have plunged net farm income to its lowest point in decades. The ...
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National Review: The Biden-Harris Iran scandal gets worse
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National Review: The Biden-Harris Iran scandal gets worse

By Editorial Board | National Review The source of last week’s leak of U.S. intelligence about Israel’s plans to strike Iran, which has occasioned an investigation, isn’t yet known. What should be obvious, though, is that no individual who has had extensive contact with Iranian intelligence and diplomatic officials, and who has deferred to the direction of those officials before, should have ever been put in a sensitive position in the first place. The Biden administration has ignored this rather simple rule. The most glaring example of its questionable handling of the Iran portfolio is Biden Iran envoy Robert Malley’s continued employment by the State Department amid a probe into his handling of classified materials and the possibility that he shared information with the reg...
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Huerfano County discovers ballot scanning error stemming from vendor
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Huerfano County discovers ballot scanning error stemming from vendor

By Norishka Pachot | Fox 21 News The Huerfano County Government announced on Monday, Oct. 28 it discovered an error in some ballots that resulted in a scanning issue. Huerfano County said via Facebook the error came from the vendor, Fort Orange Press. They further explained some of the ballots received in the mail had damaged timing marks, causing a scanning issue. According to the County, the issue was detected recently and there is a process in place to ensure every ballot is scanned and every vote is counted, reiterating every ballot returned is being processed. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 NEWS
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Denver’s mayor ‘factually incorrect’ as he argued for sales tax hike, state senator says
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Denver’s mayor ‘factually incorrect’ as he argued for sales tax hike, state senator says

By Andrew Kenney | Denverite Mayor Mike Johnston recently faced a tough question about his proposal to pay for affordable housing by raising taxes, and he appeared to get a significant fact wrong when he gave the answer. The question was about Ballot Measure 2R, which would collect about $100 million a year by raising local sales taxes. Paul Karolyi, a host of the City Cast Denver podcast, asked Johnston in an interview why he wanted to increase sales taxes. Sales taxes are regressive, meaning they have a greater proportional impact on lower-income people. Karolyi asked why the measure didn’t tax property owners instead. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVERITE
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