May 23, 2021investigationelection integrityelection securityofficial misconductelectionselection securityofficial misconduct
Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters Allows Unauthorized Access to Voting Machines
On May 23, 2021, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters used her security badge to allow Conan Hayes, a man connected to the election denial movement and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, into a secure area during a trusted build software update. Hayes copied the hard drives of vote-counting equipment. Peters had her deputy clerk request that security cameras be turned off beforehand. The copied data and passwords were later posted publicly online in August 2021.