State elections officials announced an investigation into a western Colorado county on Monday after sensitive voting systems information, including secure passwords, was posted online.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold ordered Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to provide surveillance video and other documentation to help investigators determine whether chain-of-custody protocol was breached, resulting in the information’s public exposure on social media site Telegram on Aug. 2.

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