Pueblo County DA warns GOP chair of election misconduct

[angka]

Source: Pueblo Chieftain

Becky Mizel, chairman of the Pueblo County Republican Party, received a stern letter from District Attorney Jeff Chostner last month that said video evidence showed she took confidential election records from a Nov. 18 county election canvass board meeting — a misdemeanor charge that Chostner said would not be filed against her because Mizel argued it was inadvertent.

Chostner’s letter, dated Dec. 10, acknowledged that Mizel insisted the episode was an accident, but the letter clearly challenged that, citing video records of the meeting...

The letter was part of a press release Tuesday from a Democratic-leaning political group, ProgressNow Colorado. It charged that Mizel didn’t return the confidential election report to the county election board until the following day after Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert “Bo” Ortiz had announced that video of the meeting showed who had taken the documents.

Amy Runyon-Harms, ProgressNow’s executive director, said the evidence showed Mizel was, at best, guilty of “juvenile nonsense.”

“At worst? The Pueblo GOP is not above cheating to achieve their goals.”

Read more: http://www.chieftain.com/news/3242320-120/election-mizel-chostner-letter

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See also: Denver Post editorial, "Why isn't Becky Mizel being charged in Pueblo case?"

See also: Records Request Reveals Investigation of Pueblo GOP Chair For Election Document Theft

[KansDem]

1. Tip of the iceberg...

And the quote should be: The Pueblo GOP is not above cheating to achieve their goals.

[pocoloco]

2. Won't have to worry anymore?

I bet that "sternly worded letter" fixed things!

[eggplant]

3. Eh, not everything R's do is a conspiracy.

Sometimes it is just incompetence.

Often times it's both!

[Stryst]

4. I worked in a big hospital (Wilford Hall, San Antonio) for a couple of years

If I had ever "accidentally" taken patient records home, there's no "oops" excuse that covers something like that. Your JOB here is to know how to legally and ethically handle records. You failed to do it, even my "mistake", so there should be consequences.

[yellowcanine]

5. "stern letter" Whoa, is it going on her permanent transcript?