Six people have been accused of forging ballot signatures using the names of dead people, officials say. The people worked for a company that circulated a petition to get a Republican candidate on the ballot, according to court documents. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said her office rejected an "unprecedented" number of signatures. The Colorado Secretary of State's Office rejected the petition because it "lacked the necessary 1,500 valid voter signatures to be included on the ballot," Byrne wrote in the affidavit. In total, the Secretary of State's Office rejected 3,417 of the 4,462 signatures turned in by Andersen, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said.

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Persons: State Jena Griswold, —, Alex Joseph, Terris Kintchen, Patrick Rimpel, Jordahni Rimpel, Aliyah Moss, Diana Watt, Phil Weiser, Carl Andersen's, Andersen, Chris Byrne, Byrne, Griswold, Weiser Organizations: Republican, Colorado, State, Service, Grassfire, US, Representatives, Colorado Attorney General's, State's, Grassfire LLC Locations: Colorado, Jefferson County, Denver