Statement from Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on President Trump Sending Law Enforcement to Polling Locations on Election Day

Denver, August 21, 2020 – Below is a statement from Secretary of State Jena Griswold regarding President Trump’s proposal to send law enforcement personnel to polling stations.

"Sending law enforcement to polling locations is designed for voter intimidation rather than election security, indistinguishable from tactics used against Black voters in the Jim Crow South. In Colorado, we have trained bipartisan election judges and election experts at the local, county, and state levels whose responsibility it is to make sure our elections are secure.  Election security needs to be left in the hands of those who are trained to detect and stop any issues. Suppression tactics the President is suggesting cannot be tolerated in our nation, and I will not allow President Trump to send law enforcement to polling locations to intimidate voters."