The Pueblo Police Department has arrested a suspect in connection with an alleged incident of voter machine tampering that occurred at Pueblo County election headquarters approximately one hour before polls closed on June 28, 2022. Richard Patton, a 31-year-old from Pueblo, was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of election tampering and cybercrimes. Patton is a registered Democrat, state records show. “We would like to assure the community that all voter safeguards put in place to protect the voter process were successful,” a statement from Pueblo PD said. “No information has been found to be breached at this time. This is...
