William Wayne Bryant, 71, appears to have targeted the room where the county’s Dominion Voting Systems machines are stored. There are indications Bryant subscribes to conspiracy theories that Dominion equipment has been used to steal elections, authorities said.
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    According to the arrest affidavit, Bryant spoke publicly about wanting the county to get rid of its Dominion Voting Systems machines. The Denver-based company has been at the center of false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald Trump.

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    Archuleta County’s clerk and recorder, Republican Kristy Archuleta, said she’s familiar with Bryant because he ran for sheriff in 2022 as an unaffiliated candidate, getting 16% of the vote in a three-way race. The clerk believes Bryant has continued to stew over his loss.

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    Griswold noted that it’s not the first time anti-Dominion extremism has had real world consequences in Colorado, and referred to the case of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving time in state prison for allowing an unauthorized person into her voting machine system update, and to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who a jury recently found defamed a former Dominion Voting Systems executive.

    “The fact that an election office in Colorado was firebombed with a Molotov cocktail is shocking and appalling,” said Griswold. “With that said, we have seen a huge uptick in threats since Trump pushed out his big lie.”