and it is such a backwards way to get the news because the main topic isn't even Peters...or Griswold...but at least it let's me know the DOJ is on this. Hope someone reports what the DOJ finds in the 2024 investigation but unless Griswold is cleared of wrong-doing, it probably won't be reported on. This is so shady.

https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-postal-worker-sentenced-ballot-fraud-sentenced-24907832

Colorado Postal Worker Connected to Ballot Fraud Sentenced
Vicki Stuart pleaded guilty to charges of identity theft and forgery
By Brendan Joel Kelley
June 26, 2025

Former Mesa County postal worker Vicki Stuart was sentenced to five years in prison for her role in a ballot fraud scheme last October. Stuart was convicted of stealing ballots from Mesa County residents with her friend, Sally Maxedon, and then filling out, signing and mailing the ballots — supposedly to "test" the security of the mail-in voting system.

Stuart was initially charged with 34 charges but pleaded guilty last month to one charge of identity theft and one charge of forgery. She received a five-year sentence for identity theft and two years for forgery, to be served concurrently, plus three years' parole afterward. Maxedon has a hearing scheduled in July for a pending plea agreement.

Stuart and Maxedon's "test" of the system proved it works, for the most part. The women were alleged to have stolen about twenty ballots addressed to a subdivision where Stuart delivered mail. Three of the stolen ballots were counted as legitimate before the fraud was caught by residents who were notified by the BallotTrax system that their ballot had been counted before they'd filled it out. The remainder of the fraudulently voted ballots were caught by the system before they were counted.

Secretary of State Jena Griswold responded to the sentencing in a press release Thursday, writing, "Colorado elections are safe and secure, and our election laws will be enforced. We will not let anyone threaten our elections or disenfranchise Colorado voters. I will continue to stand up for our democracy and protect the right to vote."
[DARA COMMENT - "THIS BISH HAS SOME NERVE!!!"]

Griswold's office was found to have violated security protocols after a voting system password leak last year. Although state investigators said the leak didn't compromise 2024 election results, the SOS office was found to have failed on several fronts leading up to it.

Mesa County and the state of Colorado continue to be a focal point for election fraud, with former clerk Tina Peters serving a nine-year sentence in state prison for attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, and official misconduct. President Trump and his Department of Justice have been working to influence the state to get Peters out of prison, but state justice officials have consistently pushed back.

On May 12, the DOJ demanded Griswold turn over "all records" related to the 2024 federal elections. The move was widely interpreted as further pressure on the state to reconsider Peters' case, although her name isn't mentioned in the DOJ's letter to the state.