Prosecutors Give Absurd Defense

5/5/25 Colorado Public Radio reports on some guilty pleas: 

Vicki Stuart, 64, was charged with 34 counts related to the ballot theft scheme, which occurred in the lead-up to last year’s presidential election. She pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft and one count of forgery in the 21st Judicial District Court. ..

"Stuart was charged in November with counts that included forgery, identity theft and attempts to influence a public servant. According to the arrest affidavit, Stuart and another woman stole more than a dozen ballots from Mesa County residents before they could be delivered to the intended voters. The goal, prosecutors said, was to test the state’s voting safeguards.

This is the excuse the defense might make.  They could have tested the system just by stealing the ballots.  Do not be an election denier!