The team at Mesa County is reexamining every ballot return envelope that has been received at this point. The investigation into the situation is ongoing.”

A voter fraud criminal investigation is underway in Mesa County as Colorado election officials say that at least a dozen fraudulent ballots were submitted in the county, with three having been counted.

At least a dozen mailed ballots were intercepted and cast on the Western Slope before voters received them, according to the Colorado Secretary of State's Office.