DENVER — Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said Friday that 828 replacement ballots that were not delivered to voters in Denver and Arapahoe counties until Election Day.
Replacement ballots are typically requested by the voter.
“[The United States Postal Service] did not notify our office of this issue, even though they were aware of the problem. Our state’s election model allows eligible Coloradans to vote in-person, and we are hopeful that all of these voters participated in the electoral process,” Griswold said in a statement issued Friday afternoon.
Griswold’s office is working with the ballot vendor as well as the Denver and Arapahoe county clerks to determine which of the 828 voters did not vote.
“The USPS has failed to adequately deliver ballots, and as such, we are exploring regulatory and legislative options to prevent this from happening in the future,” Griswold said.
They like to place blame on USPS when someone else drags their feet and not get those ballots out in a timely manner. The USPS always treats ALL political mail, be it ballots or bulk rate political as if it all were first class mail and would get it out just as soon as they get it in the stations. I’m sure this GMF had cleaned out their whole building to make sure there was nothing left behind. From what I hear on this news report is that these ballots came in from out of state and arrived at the last minute, and all of the carriers were called back to deliver these ballots when they got them in.