According to the Colorado Secretary of State, Tom Tancredo's campaign is responsible for a rush of provisional ballot requests that resulted in shortages and legal action on election day.
The AP reports:
DENVER (AP) ― Secretary of State Bernie Buescher says a request from third-party gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo for voters to exchange their mail ballot votes for GOP candidate Dan Maes to provisional ballot votes for him prompted a rush on provisional ballots across the state.
Buescher says county clerks were handed "tens of thousands" of provisional ballots on Election Day, swamping polling places.
Buescher says a large number of provisional ballots were accepted in Arapahoe, Weld, Douglas and Mesa counties.
He says Tancredo's request was legal and a "clever strategy," but he wishes he had been told in advance so clerks could prepare.
County clerks have until Nov. 25 to verify signatures and count the votes.
Lawyers for the Democratic Party took the issue to court after hearing complaints that a sufficient number of precincts in Arapahoe County had run out of provisional ballots. A judge ultimately ordered additional provisional ballots be delivered to voters who were waiting for to vote.