COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – El Paso County Clerk Steve Schleiker said he’s answered several calls and emails recently with people who are confused about the SAVE America Act.
It’s legislation President Trump discussed during his State of the Union address last week. It could change the way Coloradans vote in elections.
The act, which passed the House last month, is now awaiting a potential vote in the Senate. According to the White House, it would require voters to show an I.D. before registering, show proof of citizenship at the polls and limit mail-in ballots to those serving in the military, or ill or disabled.
Colorado is an all-mail-in ballot state.
Schleiker told 11 News that over 98% of voters pass their ballot through secure ballot drop boxes.
He also said El Paso County’s elections are among the most secure statewide, with paper ballots that require signature verification and a secure auditing process.
He believes the way elections are run in Colorado is unlikely to change.
“For anything to change here in the state of Colorado in regards to how we vote, that would have to go through the state legislature to change,” Schleiker said, “just not a unilateral federal directive. That change would have to come from our state legislature on how we vote here in the state of Colorado.”
11 News also received a statement from the White House saying, in part, “President Trump is committed to ensuring that Americans have full confidence in the administration of elections, and that includes totally accurate and up-to-date voter rolls free of errors and unlawfully registered non-citizen voters.”
Schleiker also said ahead of the November election there will be 41 in-person voting centers throughout the county, where voters can same-day register, get replacement ballots or have any questions answered ahead of filling out the ballot.
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