In case the papering over multi-million dollar fiascos, facilitating Beauprez's easy primary, enacting GOP lawyer briefs verbatim, and straight-up contempt for compliance with law didn't convince you,

Voting machines "expert" says he's not

Under the gun to meet tight election-day deadlines, the Secretary of State's office certified a kind of voting machine for Jefferson and Mesa Counties that does not meet state requirements.

The information comes from the deposition of John Gardner - the man appointed by Gigi Dennis as an expert and charged with certifying the machines.

But Gardner testified he is not an expert in the areas required by state law. He also admitted that the Secretary of State's office was under pressure to certify the voting machines because counties had already purchased them...

Last thing I needed to convince me an absentee ballot is mandatory this year.

It's a pretty serious thing we're dealing with here -- eye-popping abuse of power, every important function of her office in neglect (or worse), and no check on what she's doing since she's out in a few months and her only oversight is helping her pull it off. Positively Byzantine, friends.

Worst-case scenario is a pardon, right?