“What we can expect from the extreme Republicans running across this country is to undermine free and fair elections for the American people, disenfranchise Americans, refuse to address security breaches and, unfortunately, to serve Mar-a-Lago more than the American people,” the Colorado Democrat said during an interview with the Guardian. Griswold pointed out that many Republicans in contested elections have echoed former President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged, while the 27 secretary of state races across the country have become key contests for who will control the presidential election. of 2024. “For us, we’re trying to save democracy,” Griswold asserted. But some have accused the secretary of state of trying to reform electoral laws to benefit the defense of her seat. Her opponent, Republican candidate Pam Anderson, has made it a major campaign promise to get out of politics by managing elections. “We must reject that protecting voting rights is partisan. It’s not,” Griswold said in response to the accusations. “It’s the most American and democratic thing you can do.” Griswold has touted her record since taking office, saying she worked to ensure “democracy survived” the threat of a global pandemic and “a President of the United States trying to steal an election.” She argued that the battle for voting rights will be “a long-term battle” that will extend beyond the 2022 election, but said the experience so far has strengthened her resolve “not to let people who are willing to destroy country to win”. “The fight to try to take away the liberties of Americans, it’s not going to end after the election — it’s not going to end,” he said, warning that if Republicans were able to win this round, the country “could lose the right vote in less than three months”.
