RNC sues Jena Griswold in Colorado over 'never-resident' overseas voters

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Complete Colorado
Article date: 
29 June 2026
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Colorado News
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The Republican National Committee on Friday filed suit in Denver District state court against Secretary of State Jena Griswold, challenging her office’s policy of allowing overseas voters who have never set foot in Colorado to cast ballots in state elections...

The numbers at stake aren’t trivial. Plaintiffs cite U.S. Election Assistance Commission numbers showing Colorado counted 32,072 overseas ballots in the 2020 election, of which “only 27.5%” were for uniformed service members...

Griswold was hip-deep in a 2024 controversy involving leaked voting-system passwords.  She also settled a lawsuit in 2023 involving the removal of ineligible voters from the states rolls, and in 2022, she oversaw the “accidental” mailing of roughly 30,000 notices to non-citizens on registering to vote...