ICYMI: [Denver Post] Opinion: Secure elections are critical infrastructure and U.S. Senate should fund them that way
The Denver Post/Paul Lopez 7.15.22
“This summer, a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced a budget with $400 million in funds to state and local election departments. This is both a sign of progress and not nearly enough. As the chief elections official in Denver, where we have a global reputation for doing elections right, I am fortunate to be well-resourced due in part to an election failure 15 years ago where lack of resources played a role. But I know not every state and local department is so fortunate. That is why federal funding is so important.”
Paul López is Denver’s clerk and recorder. In that role, he is Denver’s chief elections official.