DENVER — Colorado’s Democratic governor said Thursday he will provide planes and vehicles to the state to help change voting system passwords that were accidentally leaked on a state website.

This error comes amid skepticism about electoral systems, even though U.S. elections remain domestically fair and reliable.

The passwords were left on an online spreadsheet for months, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Tuesday. Now, local, state and federal agencies are working together to change the passwords by Thursday evening and are analyzing the logs to make sure there was no tampering.

The Colorado County Clerks Association said in a statement that because Colorado’s election systems have multiple layers of safeguards and the remediation plan is already underway, “county clerks can confidently say that elections in Colorado are secure.”

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Griswold expressing concern, which followed a similar letter from the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Griswold responded in a letter Thursday evening, saying that because of the many layers of security, “no error can compromise the integrity of the system,” and reiterated that the leak poses “no immediate threat.”

Griswold called Colorado a benchmark for election security, although the leaked spreadsheet follows a 2022 hiccup.

Other Colorado voting security measures include 24-hour monitoring, badge-protected access and multiple passwords that must be used in person and in secure areas – access to which is tracked. Colorado voters fill out paper ballots, which are verified after the election.

The voting system was “built with many layers of security to protect against this type of event,” said Matt Crane, the association’s executive director and former Republican county clerk. “Every clerk takes this issue seriously and remains laser-focused. on delivering the secure and accurate elections that Coloradans expect of us.

Those responsible for changing compromised passwords work in pairs, under the direct supervision of local election officials, according to a statement from Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ office.

“We want to be able to ensure that all votes are counted fairly and accurately for this and all elections,” Polis said.

“Colorado has countless layers of security to ensure voters’ voices are heard. I thank the governor for his support in quickly resolving this unfortunate error,” Griswold said.