The Colorado secretary of state announced a temporary emergency adoption of new rules that limit who can access voting equipment in the state and protect the state from “sham” election audits.

Secretary Jena Griswold, a Democrat, said on Thursday that the rules are necessary to prevent the types of election equipment inspection and ballot recounts that have been seen in various counties across the nation, such as the full forensic audit of the Maricopa County election in Arizona and the audit of Michigan’s Antrim County election.