The Government is the Biggest Threat to Our Republic

WRITTEN BY
Ashe in America (@asheinamerica)
Originally published as Colorado’s
Corruption Crisis – Glendale Cherry Creek
Chronicle
On October 18, 2022, The New York Times shocked themselves when their Siena College poll revealed that 68% of likely US voters answered the same openended question the same way: What do you see as the biggest threat to democracy?

Government Corruption — That the government is not working on behalf of the people. Corruption is a national concern, and Americans are sobering up to the realities of unaccountable governance via public private partnerships. In Colorado, this shift in awareness is pronounced.

On October 29, 2024, during early voting, the Colorado GOP revealed the Colorado Department of State (CDoS) published the BIOS passwords for hundreds of pieces of election equipment on their public website. According to a redacted affidavit, later revealed from Colonel Shawn Smith (USAF, Ret.), from August 8 through October 24, the BIOS passwords were exposed for 600+ individual pieces of election equipment in 63 counties. On October 24, the spreadsheet was removed from the website and replaced with an updated version without the passwords.

The October 24 date is important, because it proves that CDoS knew about the breach but failed to alert the county clerks. The clerks held the potentially exposed devices, and this breach occurred during the voting period.

Read the full article here.