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Scott Gessler Decides Not To Proceed With Voter Purge After All

After Colorado's Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler sent out letters questioning the citizenship of nearly 4,000 people, the majority of whom had registered as Democrats and independents, the secretary's office has backed down from a controversial plan to challenge 141 of those he says are non-citizens in hearings.

Instead, Gessler said he's passing along their names to county clerks to conduct any voter status challenges because his office said there would not be enough time to hold hearings before the election in November.

"There is no doubt in my mind that the united voice of many widely different groups helped convince Secretary Gessler to drop his ill-conceived plan," said Ethics Watch Director Luis Toro in a statement.