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Residents press commissioners to investigate changes to cast‑vote records and election certification
Summary
Multiple residents and callers at the May 27 Arapahoe County meeting raised allegations that cast‑vote records from the 2020 election were altered in 2025, urged the board to investigate, and demanded proof that Proposition B passed or refunds of property‑tax increases; callers requested independent counsel, hand counts and other election changes.
Arapahoe County residents used the board’s public‑comment period on May 27 to press commissioners for an investigation into changes to the county’s cast‑vote records (CVRs) and to demand proof that Proposition B (the Gallagher Amendment repeal, referenced by speakers) was lawfully certified.
Jan Weipert, a long‑time county resident, accused officials of changing CVRs “without notice to the voters” and asked commissioners to “ask for Clerk Lopez's resignation, to request the Department of Justice and FBI to step in.” Weipert said CVR changes in 2025 were a second manipulation after irregularities in 2020.
Several other speakers echoed those concerns. Rich Donahue told the board that CVRs posted online “got changed” in March and said citizens had identified errors that had been modified after certification. Debbie Perry Smith said analysts had found “anomalies” in Arapahoe County data that matched anomalies found elsewhere and said she expects national attention; she asked the board to “Prove? Please prove that proposition b truly passed or refund our property taxes.”
Karen Tallentire cited state statutes by number in urging criminal charges against whoever changed records in the clerk’s office and said she had distributed a draft ordinance calling for precinct‑level, hand‑counted, ID‑checked voting. Lindy Curry and Larry Fullerton urged appointment of independent counsel and the removal of current voting machines in favor of hand‑counted paper ballots.
Mark Cook, who described five years of work on election data, said the county’s website showed roughly “15,800,000 choices that were changed in the votes on that record,” and offered to brief commissioners. Edward Solomon, calling from New York, framed the issue as a constitutional concern, citing Article 4, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution and telling the board, “Any state whose elections are not free nor fair cannot be republican informed.”
Multiple speakers asked the board to direct the clerk’s office to provide original ballots and to explain any edits to CVRs, to appoint an independent investigator or counsel, and to consider refunding property taxes if Proposition B’s vote cannot be verified. Several said they had submitted documents, graphs or a “scorecard” to commissioners and to county staff.
The board did not take any immediate formal action during the public‑comment period; county staff told speakers that the commissioners listen to concerns and that comments will be noted for follow‑up.
