At least 10 clerks received queries as DoJ ramps up requests to states about how they keep ineligible voters off the rolls
Steve Schleiker, the Republican county clerk in El Paso county, Colorado, got home from work on 16 July when he got a text message from a number he didn’t recognize with a pressing request.
The person sending the message introduced himself to Schleiker as Jeff Small, a political consultant with the 76 Group who had formerly served as Representative Lauren Boebert’s chief of staff. He said he was working with the White House and was looking for Republican clerks in Democratic states they could partner with on election integrity. Small wanted to speak soon, Schleiker said, because there was going to be a meeting the next morning between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/colorado-election-clerks-voting-machines
Author : Sam Levine
Publish date : 2025-07-24 20:00:00
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