Colorado counties take steps to safeguard elections processes in the face of misinformation and threats

Colorado Public Radio: Under pressure from the forces of election misinformation and increased intimidation of election workers, clerks in Colorado’s two largest counties — Denver and El Paso — are rethinking how much they share with the public.

Their actions appear to be opposite, but they have the same goal: to protect the voting process.

Denver will no longer livestream video of its ballot processing online, in order to protect elections workers, who face increasing threats nationwide. Meanwhile, El Paso County is launching a new livestream of ballot drop boxes to try to boost residents’ confidence in the election system.

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