Elections Commission votes 4-1 to accept contested letter into public record
Summary
The Castle Rock Elections Commission voted 4-1 on Sept. 27 to accept a letter about alleged election irregularities into its public record after commissioners debated whether the item was appropriate for the commission to receive.
The Castle Rock Elections Commission voted 4–1 on Sept. 27 to accept a letter addressing alleged election problems into the commission’s public record, after several commissioners disputed whether the commission was the proper forum to receive the document.
Commissioners debated whether the letter’s claims—which a commissioner said had been “actively disproven in numerous courts of law”—were appropriate to introduce in the commission’s proceedings. One commissioner said the material would be more appropriately presented to the Town Council by a member of the public; others said making the material publicly available would allow transparent review and rebuttal.
A motion to accept the letter as a public record was made, seconded and carried. The commission asked that town counsel be made aware of the letter. The chair said the motion was not intended to be partisan and that the item was being made public for “eyes on it” so interested parties could evaluate the content.
Vote: the commission recorded the motion’s passage as 4–1.
Why this matters: commissioners said the letter could affect public perceptions of election integrity. The commission did not adopt any policy or initiate an investigation; the action was limited to accepting the document into the public record and notifying counsel.
Next steps: counsel will be informed and the letter will be maintained as part of the meeting record; no further action was directed at the Sept. 27 meeting.
