"The people of Mesa County deserve safe and secure elections," Griswold said in a statement Tuesday. "Mesa County doesn't have the authority to remove Peters or to appoint Williams as the Designated Election Official (DEO)." At this time, the individual does not appear to have a working Mesa County email address. "To be very clear, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder allowed a security breach and, by all evidence at this point, assisted it." "I've been accused of passing down or allowing someone to, uh, expose our passwords in our elections office."

Source: CNN August 17, 2021 17:26 UTC