The DA's office said their investigation found the posting of the passwords was unintentional and did not meet the criteria for criminal charges.

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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced Friday that no charges will be filed in relation to the leak of some election passwords this year by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold's office.

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DENVER (KDVR) -- No criminal charges will be filed after partial voting machine passwords were published on the Colorado Secretary of State website earlier this year.  Investigations found that the passwords were posted by mistake in June and were online for over three months until late October. The Department of State said last month that a former employee who resigned before the incident made a spreadsheet and kept the partial passwords in a h…

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No charges will be filed after partial voting machine passwords posted on Colorado Secretary of State site

Just hours after a third party investigation found the Secretary of State's Office "unintentionally" violated policy in posting a spreadsheet with election equipment passwords, Democrats on the Colorado General Assembly's

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Jena Griswold, Colorado secretary of state, announces an investigation into voter fraud in Mesa County during a press conference at her Denver office on Oct. 24, 2024. (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline)No criminal charges will be filed in connection with the inadvertent leak of voting systems passwords by a Colorado secretary of state’s office employee, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced Friday. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswo…

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