Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz is now the third Colorado county clerk under investigation for a potential breach of security protocols for voting system equipment. According to a
world is also true in the united states. the sacred right to vote, to vote freely, the right to have your vote counted as the threshold liberty for democracy. but in the aftermath of the 2020 election, we ve seen it s not just the right to vote that s under attack. the people in charge of running elections are under attack too from death threats to armed protests, election officials across the country are literally putting their lives on the line to do their jobs. in colorado, the threats against secretary of state jenna griswold have been so constant and specific that she s now requests an annual budget of $200,000 to address security concerns. joining me now is colorado s secretary of state jena griswold. thanks for being here. of course. nice to see you, zer lina. you re asking for money and for folks to monitor threats.
and it will be harder to stop it. that s why it s so important to me that we re sounding the alarms right now. and the last thing i ll say on this is that in every swing state where we have a secretary of state s race, there is someone running who is spreading the big lie. we need to make sure election administrators believe in democracy. i encourage all of your viewers to really pay attention in 2022. imagine that the line we need everybody to meet is believing in democracy. that s a really true testament to the state of affairs, but i think to your point, the emergency that we are in. secretary jena griswold. thank you so much for being here, and, please stay safe. coming up, america expands eligibility for the covid booster as some states call in the national guard to help with covid surges. we ll be right back. we ll be right back. ent in the y of small business bookkeeping. having someone else do your books for you.
belinda committed a breach and neglect of duty and other wrongful acts as such peters and nestle are unable to appropriately perform the duties of the mason county designated election official. secretary jena griswold, grace the ruling saying quote, that it bars peters from further threatening the integrity of mrs. election and ensures mesa county residents have the secure and accessible election they deserve. joining us now is jena griswold, colorado secretary of state and the chair of the democratic association of secretary of state. thank you very much for joining us tonight. what does this judge s decision mean for the colorado election? thanks for having me, lawrence, i think it s a really important decision because it shows that we are going to have great elections just like normal. we had a county clerk willing to compromise the integrity of
girl, i don t know, i don t know, i don t know why i can t get applebee s. now that s eatin good in the neighborhood. two election officials were accused of undermining security are now banned from overseeing colorado s november election, the judge has ruled in favor of colorado secretary of state janet griswold. she sued to strip mesa county clerk, tina peters and her deputy belinda up their election duties after discovering that they allowed an unauthorized person access to a county s dominion voting machines during a software update. photos of passwords and copies of hard drive were made public forcing secretary griswold to decertify the equipment that the judge found, to peters, and