Scandal-plagued state elections official named in formal complaint alleging federal violations

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold

The scandal-plagued state secretary of State in Colorado who is known to have posted hundreds of state elections systems passwords online and avoided any punishment whatsoever now is named in a federal complaint charging violations of federal elections law.

Jena Griswold, a devout Democrat who orchestrated a case against former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters, a Republican, when Peters tried to preserve documentation of her suspicions of vote irregularities...