Former Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters Sentenced To 9 Years For Tampering With Voting Machines
11 weeks ago
A former Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to nine years behind bars after being charged with a security breach after the issue of voter fraud was raised across the nation in 2020.
Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was convicted for giving a county security card to a man who could then access the Mesa County election system and for not revealing that person’s identity.
Peters continued to assert that she believed the voting machines were rigged, to which the judge called her defiant and slapped the near decade sentence on her.
At trial, prosecutors said Peters was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after questions about the accuracy of the presidential election results emerged.
Before being sentenced, Peters insisted that everything she did was to try to unroot what she believed was fraud was for the greater good.
“I’ve never done anything with malice to break the law. I’ve only wanted to serve the people of Mesa County,” she told the court.
Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was convicted for giving a county security card to a man who could then access the Mesa County election system and for not revealing that person’s identity.
Peters continued to assert that she believed the voting machines were rigged, to which the judge called her defiant and slapped the near decade sentence on her.
At trial, prosecutors said Peters was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after questions about the accuracy of the presidential election results emerged.
Before being sentenced, Peters insisted that everything she did was to try to unroot what she believed was fraud was for the greater good.
“I’ve never done anything with malice to break the law. I’ve only wanted to serve the people of Mesa County,” she told the court.
