Colorado state District Judge Kandace Gerdes ruled Tuesday against a lawsuit launched by the Libertarian Party to force a hand-count of ballots in over half of the state’s counties.
Gerdes decided that there was no evidence that election processes had been undermined after Democrat Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office posted election systems passwords on their website, according to The Denver Post. The judge noted that she did not have the authority to settle parts of the ruling and left room for appeal.
Griswold’s office admitted that BIOS passwords connected to election systems in Colorado counties were publicly accessible on the SOS website from June 21 to late October, according to Fox 31. The Department of State said on Oct. 25 the posted passwords exposed systems in 34 out of 64 counties. The employee who posted the passwords left “amicably” before the…
