Colorado officials say at least 12 mailed ballots were stolen in a rural county and then sent in with fraudulent votes. The secretary of state says the issue was discovered during the signature verification process,

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.”

The Colorado secretary of state's office announced that at least a dozen fraudulent mail ballots were sent in and identified in Mesa County, but that three of them were counted and unable to be removed.

A criminal probe was launched in Mesa County after election staff discovered at least a dozen ballots had been fraudulently cast.

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.

The Colorado Secretary of State announced on Thursday that they believe ballots for the upcoming presidential election were “intercepted.”

At least a dozen mail ballots were stolen, fraudulently filled out and submitted in Colorado for the Nov. 5 election, the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Thursday.

Colorado authorities are investigating an incident in which at least 12 mail ballots appear to have been intercepted before reaching voters intended to receive them, according to a statement from the state's top elections official on Thursday.