'Will You Resign?': Democrat's Election Failures Get Thrown Back in Her Face During Humiliating Moment

For Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, perhaps the best thing about 2024 is that, as of Thursday, just 61 days remain in the year.

The previous year started strong for Griswold, as she briefly gained favor with liberal circles by attempting to remove Donald Trump from the state’s ballot on grounds he was an “insurrectionist.” However, this effort to block him from the ballot as an “insurrectionist” ended in March when the Supreme Court ruled states couldn’t make such decisions independently of Congress.

By then, Trump seemed almost unstoppable in his march toward the GOP nomination. Meanwhile, it was evident that Colorado wouldn’t be the deciding factor in whether Trump would take office in 2025. But Griswold may face her own challenges staying in her role, largely due to a serious election security issue.

According to CBS News, Griswold has come under scrutiny after her office reportedly leaked BIOS passwords to the voting systems in June. These passwords remained online for five months until flagged, even though they are one of the two passwords needed to access certain voting equipment.

Despite this breach, Griswold’s office didn’t inform county clerks about it.

“Unfortunately, clerks found out about it from an email that came from the state GOP, which was incredibly disappointing,” explained Matt Crane, executive director of the Colorado County Clerks’ Association.

“If a mistake happens in a county, counties have to report that to the state immediately. And with something this potentially severe, we believe the state’s first call should have been to the county, so we could check our systems, security processes, and ensure everything was OK,” Crane added.

In an interview with KUSA, Griswold faced tough questions about the mishap and was asked directly if she would resign.

“This isn’t the first time your office has made mistakes damaging voters’ confidence in our elections,” noted KUSA’s Kyle Clark.

“In 2022, your office sent mailers to 30,000 non-citizens inviting them to register to vote, despite them being ineligible. That same year, Colorado’s ballot-tracking system sent messages to voters who had already cast their ballots, causing confusion that local clerks had to address. And now, there’s been this leak of voting system passwords.

“With your office’s repeated errors that have damaged confidence in our elections, will you resign?”

“Absolutely not,” Griswold replied, asserting that Clark was “unfairly characterizing” events and “leaving out important details.”

After her attempts to downplay the mishap, Clark pointed out the “pattern of fundamental errors that have undermined voter confidence in elections.”

“Why do you think these keep happening?” he asked.

“Why do errors happen?” Griswold replied. “Kyle, there are, unfortunately, um, situations that arise each election that we are fixing as quickly as possible, in the counties — and, occasionally, from my office, too.”

Yes, “once in a while,” it might be her office, too. Smile when you say that, Kyle!

This is undoubtedly embarrassing — and if you’re sensing Griswold may not be entirely transparent here, you’re not alone. For instance, when a pro-Trump county clerk previously posted voting system passwords online, it was regarded as a serious breach.

“Back then, she said the release of that one password alone was a major election breach,” noted former Colorado Deputy Secretary of State Suzanne Taheri, as reported by CBS. “Now she’s trying to brush off the release of multiple passwords as ‘no big deal.’ One of the worst parts is that she kept it from those who needed to know the most.”

Moreover, while the Secretary of State’s office is downplaying the issue by saying both passwords would be needed to access the systems, Taheri disputed this.

“She’s implying you’d need both passwords to get in,” Taheri explained, “but not quite. With the first password and physical access, someone could use a USB to bypass the system password and gain access to the software.”

Oops. Well, mistakes happen! So did Jena Griswold’s tenure. Let’s hope both can be rectified.