The noisy, partisan one-upmanship over election integrity — at fever pitch as another election approaches — is kind of like a custody battle between warring parents. Each side claims to have the child’s welfare at heart and denounces the other as an existential threat.

Substitute “voter” for “child,” and you get the picture.

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Of course, voters aren’t children. And unlike kids caught in some custody disputes, Colorado’s voters have little to fear. Thanks largely to our state’s 64 hardworking county clerks and their dedicated staff — and the fact most Coloradans vote a mail ballot — our elections are secure.

Not that that’s about to stop each party from jockeying for the moral high ground.

As reported by The Gazette last week, the U.S. Department of Justice has informed Colorado’s secretary of state the department will send election monitors to Adams County Nov. 3.…