DENVER (AP) - Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler backed off from a decision to hold hearings challenging the citizenship of some Colorado voters, but he said 141 non-citizens are illegally registered to vote and he's passing their names along to county clerks.
Gessler's announcement ends an escalating standoff for now with Democrats, who blasted the elections chief for his effort to tackle what he maintains is a big problem on voter rolls.
