Jena Griswold

Backed a bill regulating AI deepfakes of candidates in election messages as her priority. It was signed into law on May 24, 2024, so voters know when such media is faked.

May 24, 2024Supports AI Regulation

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Had her office adopt new campaign finance enforcement rules. The rules set out how people file complaints and how violations are settled.

August 10, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Backed a bill regulating AI deepfakes of candidates in election messages as her priority. It was signed into law on May 24, 2024, so voters know when such media is faked.

May 24, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Backed a bill making fake-elector schemes a crime (HB24-1150) as her priority. It was signed into law, the first state law to expressly ban such schemes.

April 22, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Led 13 secretaries of state in a U.S. Supreme Court brief in Moore v. Harper. The brief opposed the theory that state courts cannot review state legislatures' election laws.

October 26, 2022Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won a second court order barring Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from running the 2022 primary and general elections. The judge appointed Brandi Bantz, as Griswold had asked.

May 10, 2022Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Testified to a House committee for the Colorado Election Security Act (SB22-153). The bill adds safeguards against insiders tampering with voting equipment.

April 18, 2022Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Backed the Vote Without Fear Act (HB22-1086) as a top priority to protect voters from intimidation at the polls. It was signed into law on March 30, 2022.

March 30, 2022Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sued Elbert County Clerk Dallas Schroeder to enforce her orders after he made unauthorized copies of the county's voting system hard drives.

February 17, 2022Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won a court ruling removing Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters as the official in charge of the November 2021 election. The judge appointed the replacements Griswold had asked for.

October 13, 2021Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Ordered Mesa County to stop using 41 pieces of voting equipment after a security breach in Clerk Tina Peters' office. Her office said it had never before decertified equipment over a breach like this.

August 12, 2021Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradopolitics.com · researched September 13, 2026

Adopted emergency rules banning third parties from accessing Colorado voting equipment. Only background-checked county, vendor, and state election staff may handle it. She called outside 'sham audits' a risk to security.

June 17, 2021Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sued the U.S. Postal Service, with Attorney General Phil Weiser, over a national mailer with wrong mail-voting instructions for Colorado. A federal judge blocked delivery of the postcards the same day.

September 12, 2020Supports Election Integrity

Source: westword.com · researched September 13, 2026

Asked the U.S. Supreme Court, with Attorney General Phil Weiser, to review a ruling that let presidential electors ignore Colorado's popular vote (Baca v. Colorado Department of State).

October 16, 2019Supports Election Integrity

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won dismissal of the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking Colorado's unredacted voter rolls.

August 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Refused to give the U.S. Justice Department Colorado's unredacted voter list with sensitive voter information. The Justice Department then sued her.

December 11, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sent a letter with nine other secretaries of state to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. It demanded answers about federal collection and use of state voter roll data.

November 18, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Launched a tool for Coloradans to report fraudulent business filings, such as a business formed using someone else's address or personal information.

February 2, 2023Supports Data Privacy

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Joined Colorado to an 18-state lawsuit against the Trump administration's executive order on elections. She said the order trampled Americans' constitutional right to vote.

April 3, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Backed the Vote Without Fear Act (HB22-1086) as a top priority to protect voters from intimidation at the polls. It was signed into law on March 30, 2022.

March 30, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Launched a tool for Coloradans to report fraudulent business filings, such as a business formed using someone else's address or personal information.

February 2, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: coloradosos.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Was ordered by a Denver District Court judge to comply with an open records request, or face contempt. The request sought a report from a consultant her office paid nearly $25,000; her office said it did not have the report.

August 11, 2026

Source: cbsnews.com · researched September 13, 2026

Received the EMILYs List endorsement in the 2026 Colorado attorney general race.

December 5, 2025

Source: coloradopolitics.com · researched September 13, 2026

Received an outside investigation's report on her office posting voting-equipment passwords online. It found staff failed to review documents before posting them, but called the mistake unintentional.

December 9, 2024

Source: gazette.com · researched September 13, 2026

Won dismissal of a Libertarian Party lawsuit seeking her removal after her office posted voting-equipment passwords online. The judge found she had corrected the breach and no machines were compromised.

November 5, 2024

Source: courthousenews.com · researched September 13, 2026

Became chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, succeeding California's Alex Padilla.

February 4, 2021

Source: coloradopolitics.com · researched September 13, 2026