9NEWS: The Department of Justice is demanding that Colorado turn over or preserve a massive amount of election data from the past two presidential elections. It’s unclear what that data will be used for, but Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and his election-rigging claims.

Last month, the DOJ sent a letter asking Griswold’s office to turn over “all records” related to the 2024 election and to preserve any remaining records from 2020. Colorado is only required to preserve records of federal elections for 22 months, including voter registrations, ballots and voting equipment records. 

The DOJ has accused multiple states of improperly vetting voters or maintaining the voter rolls, but Colorado appears to be the first state to get such a sweeping request for information. The letter to Griswold’s office says the DOJ received a complaint about Colorado’s records retention.

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