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Pueblo County Elections Department adding a layer of safety for the election

Pueblo County to add an extra layer of security this election season
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PUEBLO — Pueblo County Elections Department will add a new layer of safety this election season. Candace Rivera, the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder, says Pueblo Police's Real Time Crime Center will watch over the city's ballot boxes.

The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office's Emergency Services Center will also watch over ballot boxes in the county. Also, the old Wells Fargo building downtown where people can vote in person has a weapons detection system in place.

"For election security, the climate that we live in, unfortunately... that's what it's come to," said Rivera. "So, we are happy to have received some grant money to be able to purchase the weapons detection system and get that in place for the safety of the poll workers."

The department has invested more than $500,000 into election safety.

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