A former Republican minority leader of the Colorado legislature is among the recipients of a trove of sensitive voting data leaked by a county official working with activists seeking to prove President Donald Trump’s false stolen-election claims, according to court records reviewed by Reuters.
Highlights
- Elbert County clerk Dallas Schroeder, a former Republican minority leader of the Colorado legislature, is among the recipients of a trove of sensitive voting data leaked by a county official.
- Documents show that a third lawyer also handled the data, according to court records reviewed by Reuters.
- The revelation indicates the breach of ballot data was wider than previously understood.
- The case, now being investigated by the Colorado secretary of state, is one of at least nine unauthorized attempts to access voting-system data around the U.S.
- At least eight of which involved Republican officials or activists seeking evidence to delegitimize Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory in the 2016 election.