Colorado Won’t Name 31,000 Foreign Citizens It Sent Voter Registration Info So No One Knows If They Voted

Colorado officials are still refusing to cooperate with local counties after the secretary of state’s office sent more than 31,000 foreign nationals postcards on how to register to vote in time for the 2022 midterms.

According A newly released report By the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), Colorado secretary of state’s office has refused to give county election officials the names of foreign nationals who received voter registration instructions in their counties back in October. According Documents obtained by PILF Deputy Secretary This is State Christopher Beall 54 foreign nationals who received voter registration postcards in the mail refused to be identified. Moffat County.

A spokesperson for Beall Told a Moffat County Official there were “potential legal issues that need to be addressed before lists of erroneous recipients in each county can be shared” and that he did not have a timeline for when such issues would be resolved — “or if they can be at all.”

Because the secretary of state’s office is refusing to cooperate with county officials, there is no way for them to check if such ineligible residents voted illegally in the 2022 midterms.

As Previously reported by The FederalistThe faulty mailer was a result of Colorado’s membership with the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a system for managing voter rolls that ostensibly assists states in registering new voters. As Part of its membership deal Colorado Each election cycle, the government is required to send at least one voter registration mailing to eligible citizens.

As I’ve previously explainedERIC generates a list for eligible but unregistered potential voters (EBU), by combining data from voter file, DMV records and state agencies that perform voter-registration functions. After These lists are created by ERIC and sent to the states by ERIC. They are used for voter registration outreach.

Secretary This is State Jena Griswold’s office blamed The mailing “error on a database glitch related to the state’s list of residents with driver’s licenses” — but ERIC openly It admits to creating voter outreach lists using DMV information. In Colorado, foreign citizens may obtain driver’s licenses. (Griswold claimed “none of the noncitizen” Drivers would be permitted “to register to vote if they [tried].”)

Griswold’s office tried to remedy its “mistake” Soon after, a second round was sent out to the original mailer recipients. This explained the qualifications to vote. The Also available in the office “built a mechanism into the online voter registration portal to prevent any of the 31,093 from using the system,” According to PILF.

“Colorado shouldn’t be sending foreign nationals voter registration information,” PILF President J. Christian Adams Statement. “When they do, the public should be able to see all of the records so we can hold election officials accountable. Transparency in elections is essential. This circus right before a federal election shouldn’t happen. Knowing who is to blame and what went wrong is essential to prevent a repeat.”

Currently, PILF is suing The Colorado Secretary This is State’s office for its failure to make public its voter list maintenance records with ERIC. Press Liason Annie Orloff of the secretary of state’s office did not respond to The Federalist’s request for comment asking if any of the 31,000 recipients of the mailer voted in the November general election.

Victoria Marshall At Are you a staff author? The Federalist. Her Writing was featured in the New York Post, National Review, Townhall. She Graduated from Hillsdale College In May 2021 with a major or minor in journalism and politics. Follow Her on Twitter @vemrshll.