Secretary Griswold

Jena Marie Griswold is Colorado’s 39th Secretary of State. She was first elected in 2018 as the youngest elected Secretary of State in the United States. She was reelected to the office in 2022.

Secretary Griswold grew up in a working-class family in rural Colorado and was the first person in her family to attend a four-year college and then law school. She knows first-hand how important it is for every vote to count and for every Coloradan's voice to be heard, no matter their background.

Since taking office, Secretary Griswold has overseen 11 statewide elections, protected Coloradans constitutional right to vote, and supported small businesses by cutting red tape and combatting business fraud.

"I am honored to serve the people of Colorado as Secretary of State.  Every eligible Coloradan – no matter their zip code, race, or amount of money in their bank account – deserves to have their voice heard in safe and accessible elections. I will continue to protect the right to vote. I will also cut red tape and provide Colorado’s small businesses and entrepreneurs with the tools they need to succeed.” – Secretary of State Jena Griswold

Since taking office, Secretary Griswold has modernized voter registration and ballot tracking, protected Coloradans from business fraud, and championed legislation to strengthen Colorado’s democracy and business environment. Examples include:

• Launching statewide systems so that every Colorado voter can track their ballot and fix signature or ID discrepancies with ease;
• Increasing mail ballot drop boxes statewide by more than 70%;
• Guaranteeing drop boxes and voting centers on public college campuses and tribal lands to make it easy for all eligible Coloradans to cast a ballot.
• Leading and implementing automatic voter registration reform, which has registered hundreds of thousands of eligible Coloradans to vote;
• Leading laws to require clear disclaimers on election communications that have been generated or substantially altered by AI and to criminalize efforts to use fake electors schemes to overturn a state’s electoral results.
• Protecting Colorado’s elections from insider threats, Colorado’s election workers from doxing, and Colorado’s voters from fear or intimidation at the ballot box.
• Establishing a multilingual hotline so that voters who speak languages other than English can receive assistance translating ballot content.
• Protecting Colorado business owners from deceptive, third-party business filing solicitations that encourage the payment of exorbitant costs for services which can be done directly through the Secretary of State’s Office.
• Creating an award-winning complaint program to identify fraudulent business filings and ensure that victim information is redacted from pertinent public records.
• Championing a year-long fee relief to reduce the cost of registering a business or trade name with the Secretary of State’s Office to just $1.
• Establishing a unit within the Secretary of State’s office focused specifically on protecting Colorado’s elections from cyber-attacks, foreign interference, and disinformation campaigns;

Secretary Griswold holds a B.A. in Politics and Spanish Literature from Whitman College and a J.D from University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is fluent in Spanish and a graduate of Estes Park High School in Estes Park, Colorado. In 2006, Secretary Griswold was awarded the Watson Fellowship, and in 2009, the Penn Law International Human Rights Fellowship.

Prior to being elected Secretary of State, Griswold practiced international anti-corruption law and worked as a voter protection attorney, where she made sure Coloradans were able to participate in our democracy. Griswold also served as the Director of the Governor of Colorado’s DC Office, advocating on behalf of Colorado in D.C., and ran her own small business.