Two former Colorado GOP candidates Tina Peters and Ron Hanks have submitted additional requests to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office for recounts of their respective races, and at least Peters has said she raised enough money to pay for it.
for U.S. Senate. Both candidates have denied the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and baselessly claim widespread voter fraud, including in their own election losses.but Peters and Hanks failed to pay the money required to conduct a recount by the next day, a deadline set in state law.
Although they both asked again for hand recounts in their requests on Wednesday, the state’s Elections Division informed them that ballots could only be rescanned and the division would need to get confirmation by 5 p.m. Wednesday from each of the candidates if they wanted to move forward. As of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, only Hanks had amended his request and asked for rescanning, but the secretary of state’s office said if Peters provides the funds by the end of Thursday, a recount can be performed.