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Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Peters Bid to Overturn Convictions
KREX, Approved, State

Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Peters Bid to Overturn Convictions

By Andrew Kiser | KREX MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters regarding her conviction on charges related to election tampering. Peters was originally sentenced to roughly nine years in prison for her role in allowing unauthorized access to voting equipment. Authorities said she allowed access while attempting to demonstrate unproven claims of corruption in voting systems. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT KREX
Peters Release Day Arrives With Key Details Still Unknown
The Colorado Sun, Approved, State

Peters Release Day Arrives With Key Details Still Unknown

By Nancy Lofholm | The Colorado Sun Gov. Jared Polis commuted the former Mesa County clerk’s sentence last month, making her eligible for parole and setting off a national firestorm over her role in attempting to interfere with an election. Tina Peters is scheduled to be released from a state prison in Pueblo Monday after Gov. Jared Polis controversially commuted the former Mesa County clerk’s sentence last month, cutting it in half.Peters, 70, has been imprisoned since 2024 for election fraud and official misconduct after she snuck an outside election denier into the off-limits Mesa County Elections Division office so he could copy the hard drive from the county’s voting system. Sentenced to nine years in October 2024, Polis cut her prison time in half on May 15 and made h...