What keeps our elections safe?

October 28, 2022
A Denver Elections worker locks a ballot dropbox on Lincoln Street in Denver. Oct. 26, 2022.A Denver Elections worker locks a ballot dropbox on Lincoln Street in Denver. Oct. 26, 2022.Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite
A Denver Elections worker locks a ballot dropbox on Lincoln Street in Denver. Oct. 26, 2022.

Colorado's election system has all sorts of checks built in to prevent fraud and subversion, but much of it happens out of public view. We go through some of the biggest security measures -- and some of the biggest conspiracy theories still circulating.