Colorado Secretary of State Bans Third Parties From Accessing Voting Systems

Poll workers check in voters at a polling location on election day in Denver, Colo., on Nov. 3, 2020. Chet Strange/AFP via Getty Images

The office of Colorado’s Secretary of State announced on Thursday that it is adopting “emergency elections rules” to ban third parties from accessing voting equipment in the state.

Effective immediately, the new rules prohibit any third-party individual or vendor from accessing any component of a county’s voting equipment in Colorado, according to a news release.