House opens 75th session with Rep. DeGraaf questioning, if passwords were leaked can election be certified?
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
It did not take long for the opening of the 75th General Assembly to reach a hiccup Wednesday.
Republican Rep. Ken DeGraaf objected to the Colorado House credentials committee report, typically a first order of business when opening the legislature, based upon concerns related to Secretary of State Jena Griswold's office leaking election system passwords.
The credentials report is presented to the whole of the House and voted on to start the process of seating representatives.
DeGraaf was critical of a system Griswold has self-described as the "gold standard". He rose to state the objection to the credentials report.
"This [the password leak publicly] lasted a full four months," DeGraaf said. "This is the keys to the kingdom."
His fu...