Two GOP primary losers in Colorado fail to pay for recounts

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s secretary of state has informed two candidates who lost their Republican primary races last month that it will not conduct a recount of their races because they have not paid for them. The office told secretary of state candidate Tina Peters and U.S. Senate candidate Ron Hanks that it will move ahead with certifying their losses in the June 28 primary election. The two candidates deny that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. They had requested recounts, claiming signs of fraud in Colorado, but refused to pay the $236,000 the office said it would cost because they objected to the way the recount would be done.