Colorado Governor Commutes Tina Peters’ Sentence for Election Data Breach
Summary
Colorado Governor Jared Polis commuted former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’s nine-year sentence. Peters was convicted of using another person’s identity to access election facilities, take voting data and share it online.
Key points
- Peters was convicted of using another Mesa County resident’s identity to enter county election facilities and take 2020 election voting data.
- The data was shared online with allies of Donald Trump; it did not show that Trump won Colorado in 2020.
- Peters received a nine-year prison sentence and had served less than a year and a half when Polis commuted it.
- Election and cybersecurity experts described Peters’s actions as a serious breach of election data.
- Mesa County officials said the legal fallout had cost the county millions of dollars.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Colorado Governor Jared Polis commuted the prison sentence of former Mesa County election clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted in an election-related data breach.
- Impact
- Peters had been sentenced to nine years in prison for using another resident’s identity to enter county election facilities, steal 2020 election data, and share it online with Trump allies. The breach and legal fallout cost Mesa County millions of dollars, according to county officials.