Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday announced that at least a dozen mail ballots have been stolen, filled out, and sent in so far in the 2024 general election.
The blue-leaning state has been sending mail-in ballots to every registered voter for years, and has served as an example for other liberal states during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to NBC News.
Election officials said the errors were caught during the signature verification process, which compares a voter’s signature on the ballot with the one the state has in its records. Nearly all of the mistakes were caught, but three slipped through the system and were counted before they could be removed. Those ballots cannot be changed, and will count.