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0September 24, 2020
Country Financial donates $1,500 to Littleton Police K9s
State to add up to 62 ballot drop boxes for fall election Griswold says boxes are ‘safe, secure and convenient way’ to vote BY MARIANNE GOODLAND COLORADO POLITICS
Country Financial representatives presented Friends of Littleton K9 with a $1,500 check to support Littleton Police Department’s K9 program. From left: Officer Krista Dimock with K9 officer Zan, Travis Jensen and Vanessa Riley of Country Financial, Sue Otto, Sue Hanson and Joe Hanson of Friends of Littleton K9, and Officer Parker Choate with K9 officer Bandit. COURTESY PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Littleton Police Department’s K9 team received a $1,500 boost courtesy of Country Financial of Littleton on Sept. 16, part of Country’s nationwide Operation Helping Heroes program that seeks to donate $3 million to first responders, medical workers and military service members. Country representative Travis
Jensen and office manager Vanessa Riley presented the check to Friends of Littleton K9, a nonprofit that raises funds to support the department’s K9 program. The group has seen donations slow during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Officers Krista Dimock and Parker Choate, who care for LPD’s K9 officers Zan and Bandit, joined Sue Otto, Sue Hanson and Joe Hanson of Friends of Littleton K9 to receive the check.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has announced that there will be 368 ballot drop boxes statewide for the Nov. 3 election. “I am happy to announce that over the last two years Colorado has added 121 new drop boxes across the state for the 2020 General Election,” Griswold said in a Sept. 1 statement. “No American should have to choose between risking their health and exercising their right to vote. Drop boxes are a safe, secure and convenient way for Colorado voters to make their voices heard while social distancing, and are one of the reasons our elections are the nation’s gold standard.” Funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to the tune of $160,000 has paid for 42 new boxes. Twenty-seven Colorado counties applied for those additional drop boxes, and an additional 20 additional boxes may be added across the state by Election Day, Nov. 3, according to the statement. Saguache County Clerk and Recorder Trish Gilbert said her county
is getting three new ballot drop boxes, for a total of four. It’s one of the largest counties in Colorado geographically, with a scarce population in comparison, Gilbert said in the statement. “Many of our towns are located a great distance from our Voter Service and Polling Center, and many of our voters are without reliable transportation. Additional drop boxes will provide a safe and efficient method for voters to return their ballots without needing to travel to our VSPC and putting themselves, and others, at risk.” Colorado has twice set new records for voter turnout, in 2018 and for the June 2020 presidential primary, in which 99.3% of those voting used mail-in ballots. Griswold has been a staunch defender of mail-in voting in the wake of attacks by President Donald Trump, who has falsely claimed mail-in voting will result in fraud. There is no evidence of voting fraud tied to mail-in voting, either in Colorado or nationwide. Trump himself votes by mail, and did so for the Florida primary. Ballot drop boxes are sturdy, metallic, weather-resistant and bolted to the ground. Colorado law also requires that all drop boxes be kept under 24-hour video surveillance with adequate lighting. SEE DROP BOXES, P18
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