STATE OF COLORADO Department of State

1700 Broadway
Suite 250 Denver, CO 80290

Scott Gessler
Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert Deputy Secretary of State

September 7, 2012 Honorable County Clerk and Recorder Re: List of non-citizens on Colorado voter rolls Honorable Clerk, The Secretary of States office has received confirmation from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that there are non-citizens registered to vote in Colorado. Some of these non-citizens may be in your county. I have included a list of those non-citizens with this letter. Please review the list to determine if one or more of the registered electors is registered in your county. The Colorado Election Code provides three ways the non-citizens on the enclosed list may be challenged: Under section 1-9-101, C.R.S., any registered elector may challenge a non-citizens voter registration. Under that section, you, as County Clerk and Recorder, must receive the challenge no later than today (the sixtieth before any election). Due to the lengthy delay in receiving citizenship information from DHS, it is unlikely that a non-citizens registration will be challenged under this provision. Under section 1-9-201, C.R.S., an election judge, or any other person, may challenge a non-citizens right to vote at the polls. Finally, if a non-citizen attempts to vote by mail, section 1-9-207, C.R.S., states that any person may challenge the non-citizens ballot.

You are receiving this list of names so that you are prepared for any challenges you may receive between now and Election Day. I will also send by regular mail next week an affidavit detailing our process in arriving at the enclosed list of non-citizens. Thank you for helping maintain the accuracy of Colorados voting rolls. Sincerely,

Scott Gessler

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(303) 894-2200 (303) 860-6900 (303) 869-4860

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