'It's Illegal': Griswold Denounces Trump's Double Voting Comment

Colorado's Secretary of State Jena Griswold issued a statement Thursday in response to President Donald Trump's suggestion that people in North Carolina should attempt to vote twice in the November election — once in person and once by mail — to test voter fraud.

"Correcting misinformation about our elections is an important part of the job that I was elected to do by Coloradans," Griswold said in a statement.

"2020 has been unprecedented in so many ways, but I never imagined that as Secretary of State I would have to inform both the President and the U.S. Attorney General that it is illegal to vote twice.

"The President’s statement yesterday instructing voters to attempt to vote twice, and the Attorney General’s stated ignorance on the illegality of voting twice, encourages illegal behavior intended to undermine confidence in elections.

"In Colorado we take attempts of double voting seriously, have preventative safeguards in place, and refer any suspected cases to the Colorado Attorney General or county District Attorneys for legal enforcement."

Trump was responding to a question about whether he trusts the mail-in voting system in North Carolina.

"So let them send it in and let them go vote, and if their system's as good as they say it is, then obviously they won't be able to vote. If it isn't tabulated, they'll be able to vote," the president said.

In late July, Griswold also issued a response to the president's call for a delayed election. She said the president "does not have the authority to move the election date" and that she will "make sure Colorado's election takes place November 3 as scheduled."

Trump has repeatedly expressed his concern that mail-in voting will cause voter fraud and an inaccurate election in many states.